How To Install An Overhead Garage Door Opener

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

How to install an overhead garage door opener.

Fix the door bracket in place. Center and level the first section after you install the brackets. 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. Step 1 measure the garage door opening before purchasing panels. The door must be level even if the floor isn t so use shims under the section to level it. Choose the type of garage door opener that best suits your home.

The stripping is shaped like. Use a tape measure to carefully record the length and width of the opening. Place the opener on a ladder and use scrap lumber to get it at the height you need. 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. Order this size so the panels will be made slightly smaller fitting perfectly in the doorway. 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. Align the opener s rail with the center of the garage door.

After that attach the motor to the brackets and verify the rail is perfectly horizontal with a bubble level. At a home improvement store purchase some rubber weather stripping.