Choosing a garage door opener

Now that you’ve chose the perfect garage door for your home, the next step is choosing a garage door opener. The days of manually opening your garage door rare over! It is no longer a luxury to own an automatic garage door opener. It is more of a necessity to own one to make sure your garage and its contents are secure. Now you’ll have to decide which garage door opener you want. With literally hundreds of models to choose from this may not be an easy task. Before making that decision you’ll need to begin with identifying which type of garage door you have. Nearly all garage door models have door openers available to make your life a bit simpler. When choosing your garage door opener, you’ll want to consider the type of motor it has. Most garage door openers come with an overhead motor of ½ HP. Although there are some openers with a motors of up to ¾ HP. The power isn’t really important because that’s not what hoists the door. What hoists the door is the power of the torsion springs that are connected to the motor. So you really don’t need a powerful motor. Now it’s time to install your garage door opener. Installing the opener depends on the height of your garage door. The maximum height for most doors is around 8’ 7 “. For the most part the parts and springs can be easily found. If your garage door happens to have a higher roof or a higher door then you’ll need to purchase extensions. Give us a call at All Access Garage Doors so we can help with those extensions. If you want a garage door opener with more advanced options such as automatic lighting and additional safety breaks, you may want to call us to help you with the installation. While the fancier models have more options, you may run into complications and it may save you many headaches just by giving us a call! http://allaccessgaragedoors.com