RE: Garage Door opener & Canopy Doors (protrudes when open)

["White, Peter" <peter.white@xxxxxxx>]

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 I've g= ot 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 t= hough,
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 fi= t
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 yo= u
do order from Screwfix, don't forget to order a couple of restraint straps<= BR> (item# D11985, pg 32) as it makes the whole thing a lot more stable.

Pete

-----Original Message-----
From: tomdubourg [mailto:thomas.dubourg@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 25 October 2002 13:19
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx Subject: [ukha_d] Garage Door opener & Canopy Doors (protrudes when
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
> 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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