RE: Garage door openers for side-open doors ??

[ian.bird@xxxxxxx]

Strikes me that all this would be a good use for some old wiper motors
and
some welding. The smarts come under electronics - sounds like an
interesting DIY project.

Ian

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"Nick
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> There are several ways to do this, the easiest is to use a
conventional
> overhead door operator and with swing door conversion arms. These are
two
> steel poles about 2 mtrs long which attach to the doors and back to
the
> operator forming a triangle. Not very elegant but they do work and
are
> cheap.

I like the idea of these and saw them on
http://www.amourelle.co.uk/barn-doors.htm

However our barn has a centre support running up the middle
http://www.photobox.co.uk/album/album_photo.html?c_photo=637613
which would
mean the opener couldn't be positioned centrally.

Also it would be very useful to be able to open the doors seperately.

Need to protect the cars from the doors opening if the car is in the way
as
well.

Nick.








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