How To Install An Overhead Garage Door Opener

The door must be level even if the floor isn t so use shims under the section to level it.

How to install an overhead garage door opener.

Order this size so the panels will be made slightly smaller fitting perfectly in the doorway. Place the opener on a ladder and use scrap lumber to get it at the height you need. The panels will be about 1 4 in 6 4 mm smaller than the opening step 2 lay weather stripping over the bottom door panel. Center and level the first section after you install the brackets.

Use a tape measure to carefully record the length and width of the opening. After that attach the motor to the brackets and verify the rail is perfectly horizontal with a bubble level. With a safety ring and a steel pin join the free end of the rail with the header bracket. 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.

Then install the motor brackets. Lay the panel flat on a workbench. Follow the manufacturer s instructions to assemble the opener and mount the rail to the header bracket above the door. To hold the level in place tape it to the section.

After that start installing the sensors. The rubber gasket on the bottom section will fill the gaps created by an unlevel floor. Choose the type of garage door opener that best suits your home. Install an outlet or have one installed by an electrician as needed.

Step 1 measure the garage door opening before purchasing panels. The stripping is shaped like.