Putting Up New Garage Door Opener

Garage door openers come with everything you need for garage door opener installation.

Putting up new garage door opener.

Cut it to size with a hacksaw. A support strut usually included in the door kit and an opener bracket not included. The four best selling types of garage door opener are belt drive chain drive direct drive and screw drive. Choose a garage door opener.

Let the home depot install your new garage door opener and save you from battling your unresponsive opener or lifting your door by hand. Prepare your garage door. Most units hang from angle irons and metal straps that have holes drilled in them at regular intervals. A glitchy garage door opener can cause daily frustration.

When you install a new garage door replace all the hardware as well. Bolt the angle irons to a rafter or rafters with lag screws. But the mounting straps that are included are often so flimsy that you can bend them with your hands. Doors with openers also require two extra pieces of hardware that you ll see in photo 4.

So buy slotted angle iron at a hardware store. Please subscribe to my new channel handy homeowner dedicated to how to videos like this one. If your automatic opener doesn t have an automatic reversing system that includes photoelectric eyes replace it. There are two basic types of garage door openers chain driven and belt driven.

Assess whether you have the type of garage door that can have an opener attached. Attach the straps to the irons with hex head screws.