How To Install An Overhead Garage Door Opener

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How to install an overhead garage door opener.

Place the opener on a ladder and use scrap lumber to get it at the height you need. To hold the level in place tape it to the section. After that attach the motor to the brackets and verify the rail is perfectly horizontal with a bubble level. 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.

Center and level the first section after you install the brackets. The rubber gasket on the bottom section will fill the gaps created by an unlevel floor. Step 1 measure the garage door opening before purchasing panels. Install an outlet or have one installed by an electrician as needed.

Use a tape measure to carefully record the length and width of the opening. Choose the type of garage door opener that best suits your home. Align the opener s rail with the center of the garage door. Follow the manufacturer s instructions to assemble the opener and mount the rail to the header bracket above the door.

Lay the panel flat on a workbench. Fix the door bracket in place. At a home improvement store purchase some rubber weather stripping. Then install the motor brackets.

With a safety ring and a steel pin join the free end of the rail with the header bracket. 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.