Installing Garage Door Opener High Ceiling

Knowing garage door clearance requirements will help you avoid ordering the wrong garage door set up for your needs.

Installing garage door opener high ceiling.

This is how you will attach the garage door opener to the ceiling. Typical garage door openers come with parts for hanging the motor from 8 foot high ceilings. High by 8 or 9 ft. 10 9 if you are installing a jackshaft garage door opener like this one you may need to do so now.

The instructions your garage door opener came with should have detailed specifications for the blocking. The parts consist of an angle iron cross member that mounts at the ceiling and a pair of straps as. What kind of garage door opener can i get if i have low ceilings. 10 8 repeat this process with the cable on the other side of the garage door.

High by 16 ft. You don t want the garage door opener to fall on you or your car. A standard double garage door is 7 ft. Follow me in this video on how to correctl.

Torsion springs mount on a bar above the door while extension springs stretch down the side of the upper tracks. Garage doors are available in wood fiberglass and steel. Install an outlet or have one installed by an electrician as needed. Pre punch angle steel serves as support brackets for the opener motor.

On this job i had to punch a small hole in the wall to get this operator to fit. Garage doors use either torsion springs or extension springs to raise and lower the door. Because the doors are so large few home centers and only some garage door stores keep many doors in stock so expect to order one instead of buying it off the shelf. Standard single doors are 7 ft.

How to hang a garage door opener to the ceiling. Hanging a garage door opener from a high ceiling is the same as hanging it from a standard height ceiling. If you re installing a garage door opener for the first time make sure that the opener will be located near an electrical outlet particularly of the power unit will be mounted on the ceiling. 10 7 thread the cable up the garage door on the outside of the rollers as shown.