Garage Door opener & Canopy Doors (protrudes when open)

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

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
> haven't got through.
>
> Try:
>
> http://www.amourelle.co.uk/
>
> 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:<= BR> > > > Hi John,
> > >
> > > Do you already have a garage door opener installed?
> >
> > Not yet. Don't know what's available. The only thing I've seen 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 garage, a =
> remote control
> > > or my own homemade external keycode key pad.
> > >
> > > For X10 you could look at the PUM01 from Laser or the UM7206=
from
> > > Letsautomate as these have a low voltage contact that can dr= ive
> the trigger
> > > input of the door mechanism.
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > Dave...
> >
> >
> > --
> > John

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