Re: Garage Door opener & Canopy Doors (protrudes when o pen)

["tomdubourg" <thomas.dubourg@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Pete

Thanks for the info - and glad to hear of your success story (still
be interested to hear of anyone fitting a door opener to double
width canopy doors?)

My next dilema is the size of the unit. My father has a van which
fits in the garage but I am concerned about the door opener being
too low and being unable to get the van in the garage!

I'd be really grateful if you could tell me how much the Motorlift
hangs below the garage door when it is fully open. He can probably
park the van to the side of the garage, in which case how wide is
the Motorlift?

Cheers again - and thanks for the tip on the restraints...

Tom

ps i checked the Chamberlain web
(http://www.chamberlain.com/cgi/productLine/0,1655,LanguageID%253D39%=
2526ContentID%253D35,00.html) site but there is not a lot of info
for their Motorlift brand.


-- In ukha_d@y..., "White, Peter" <peter.white@b...> wrote:=
> Tom
>
> I've got 2 of the motorlifts (2 x Henderson metal single canopy
doors), and
> they've worked fine now for nearly 3 years.  The only criticism <= BR> I've got is
> that the external keypad is not very well water-proofed, so every
couple of
> years it tends to fail, but it is on an exposed wall.  Not a
problem though,
> as good ol' Screwfix will always replace it as they offer a 5yr
warranty.
>
> I can take some piccies and email them over if it helps when you
come to fit
> them.
>
> The first one you fit will take about 4 hours to do (there are
lots of
> bits), but the second one is a whole lot easier.  I found the brackets that
> come with the unit that hold it on the ceiling to be a bit flimsy, so if you
> do order from Screwfix, don't forget to order a couple of
restraint straps
> (item# D11985, pg 32) as it makes the whole thing a lot more
stable.
>
> Pete
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tomdubourg [mailto:thomas.dubourg@m...]
> Sent: 25 October 2002 13:19
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx > Subject: [ukha_d] Garage Door opener & Canopy Doors (protrudes whe= n
> open)
>
>
> Hi
>
> I'm planning to give a garage door opener to my father for xmas.
He
> has a double canopy type garage door.
>
> I've looked at the Amourelle web site and they don't recommend
> attaching door openers to canopy type garage doors because of the
> extra forces involved to open it.
>
> I was going to purchase the ScrewFix door opener (Motorlift brand) > and they sell the adapter to be able to open canopy doors.
>
> Can anyone offer me advice as to whether the Motorlift opener is
> successful at opening canopy garage doors or should I leave this
> project well alone?
>
> Thanks
>
> Tom
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --- In ukha_d@y..., "Paul Gale" <groups@s...> wrote: > > I replied to you earlier but it seems a whole bunch of my posts <= BR> > > haven't got through.
> >
> > Try:
> >
> > http://www.amourelle.co.u= k/
> >
> > They've got a load of different door openers and I found them very
> > good. I bought a Seip (German) opener from a local door company. =
> > It's pretty good and cost something around =A3200-250. I've
> integrated
> > it into my security and automation system. This is pretty easy > using
> > the 'dry contact' input (used for switch inside the garage to > > open/close).
> >
> > I'm also about to 'hack' into the position sensors on the opener =
to
> > give me a status indication (i.e. door open/closed). Not done it =
> yet
> > but should be simple as the micro switches in the unit have
spare
> > terminals.
> >
> > --- In ukha_d@y..., John Poltorak <jp@e...> wrote:
> > > On Thu, Oct 24, 2002 at 12:47:52PM +0100, Dave McLaughlin wrote:
> > > > Hi John,
> > > >
> > > > Do you already have a garage door opener installed? > > >
> > > Not yet. Don't know what's available. The only thing I've se= en
is
> > a
> > > Lift-Master 4410EGB which is about 250 quid. Is that what I =
> should
> > expect
> > > to pay?
> > >
> > > > Most take a single
> > > > contact closure to trigger the open/close sequence. > > >
> > > > My own door can be
> > > > opened via either of 3 ways, a push switch in the garag= e, a
> > remote control
> > > > or my own homemade external keycode key pad.
> > > >
> > > > For X10 you could look at the PUM01 from Laser or the U= M7206
> from
> > > > Letsautomate as these have a low voltage contact that c= an
drive
> > the trigger
> > > > input of the door mechanism.
> > > >
> > > > Regards
> > > > Dave...
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > John
>
>
>
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