How To Install An Overhead Garage Door Opener

After that start installing the sensors.

How to install an overhead garage door opener.

Lay the panel flat on a workbench. With a safety ring and a steel pin join the free end of the rail with the header bracket. Fix the door bracket in place. The stripping is shaped like.

Align the opener s rail with the center of the garage door. 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. Then install the motor brackets.

After that attach the motor to the brackets and verify the rail is perfectly horizontal with a bubble level. To hold the level in place tape it to the section. Install an outlet or have one installed by an electrician as needed. 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.

Order this size so the panels will be made slightly smaller fitting perfectly in the doorway. The door must be level even if the floor isn t so use shims under the section to level it. Step 1 measure the garage door opening before purchasing panels. 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. Use a tape measure to carefully record the length and width of the opening.