Questions tagged [garage-door]
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How to fasten an automatic door closer to a hollow core door
I want to add a door closer to the door from an interior hallway to an unheated garage. When I bored a hole to attach the bracket to the upper part of the door I discovered that the door is hollow. I ...
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garage door button wont open or close garage but I can manually open it but it doesn’t open all the way
The garage door light won’t turn on (I have a STEELCRAFT) I can manually open it and close it but when I open it doesn’t open all the way and if I let go it slightly closes. does anyone know how to ...
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Garage door not properly sealing on top
I noticed a rather large gap between the garage door and the frame opening (see light coming through in picture below).
Any ideas on how to adjust the existing top hinge to push door tighter onto the ...
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How to replace broken trim on side of garage door
My wife clipped the side of the garage door with her mirror as she was backing out of the garage this morning.
I'm not handy enough to fix it myself, so I'm going to call someone.
First, what sort of ...
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Garage Service Door Threshold / sill advice
I have a garage service door that leads out to a concrete slab that is higher than the garage floor. Needless to say, any rain and the garage floods. I am looking to replace the door and solve for the ...
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Garage door has been lifting slowly off the ground over time
The other day our garage door wouldn’t shut. It would go down and bounce back up. We adjusted the travel, and it was back to normal working condition. Or so I thought. It starts closed all the way. ...
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Garage Door - Hinge Broken
My garage door is 10 years old. Recently I noticed that a hinge is broken/snapped (as pointed by arrow). I couldn't find any such part online or in Home Depot. Few questions:
What is this part called ...
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Correct way to frame a garage door opening
My current garage door is recessed about 8" into the wall of the garage. This seems to be a pretty standard practice, however, I'm wondering if moving it closer to the outside could cause any ...
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Why aren't my garage door remotes working?
I have a Liftmaster 1/2HP garage door. For the past couple of months, the remotes have been getting less and less reliable. Now, they won't open or close the door at all. I've looked at multiple posts ...
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Garage Door Only Operates When Light Is Off [duplicate]
I've done all the digging I could on the internet and still can't fix the issue. I want to get a second opinion before I shell out $240 for a new garage door opener. Right now, I have an older Sears ...
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How can I fix my garage door to stop it from rubbing with the frame?
My garage door currently rubs on the outer wooden frame, and this prevents it from closing fully. As it closes, the motor seems to sense the resistance and it starts pulling the door up instead.
The ...
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Where could the mold, forming in the corner of the garage, be coming from
I noticed the following mold in a corner of my garage. Where is it coming from, air flowing around the door or hinge? Could the garage door (right), contribute to this? How does one stop this from ...
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Lift Master Garage Door - remote hardly works from outside the garage
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When pulling up to our home the garage door opener only works sometimes - roughly 1/10 clicks. Our Lift Master was installed in 2011.
Troubleshooting
tried new batteries in all remotes
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Garage door cable loose when open
From the original install my garage door is slightly crooked when all the way up - one cable is looser than the other. Throughout the rest of travel it's level. I've also noticed that the drums aren't ...
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Matching and painting metal garage door
I'm replacing a garage door, but need to match the color of the new door to the other, older garage doors on the property. The new door's style (but not color, the new door's color is white) is ...
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Garage Door Won't Start
My garage door won't open. I've tried to push up on it when starting assuming something needs lube, I've checked all the cables and oiled everything, the floor-mounted trip sensors are fine. When I ...
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How should I reattach an overhead door opener arm that pulled out?
My curved door arm pulled out of the steel bar it was secured to.
I repaired the door by pre-drilling the steel bar roughly 3/4" below the damage and reinstalled the two bolts that ripped out.
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How can I tell if my old Overhead Door 55A is compatible with this Genie opener?
I have an Overhead Door Model 55A over 30 years old garage door opener. How can I tell if compatible with this new Genie one?
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Garage door opener connected to garage door motor PB terminal randomly stops working
I have smart garage opener (iSmartGate) and it is correctly connected to my CSI Classic garage door motor using a wired connection. Once the smart opener is restarted it works flawlessly for a few ...
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Garage door fingerprint reader - opener compatibility issue with old hard-wired opener button - retrofit possible?
I want to connect a Chamberlain 942FP / 379LM fingerprint reader garage door "keypad" to a Chamberlain B750T (I think a.k.a. B750) opener. Unfortunately the fingerprint reader is much older ...
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Should I mount garage door hardware to studs through drywall, or directly to stud?
I'm having my garage doors replaced next week and I'm debating whether to install drywall before the installation or after.
The wall that the garage doors are on is currently not insulated or ...
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Manual T-Lock garage door locked, closed, and unhooked
I'm in the process of trying to change out a T-Lock handle on a free standing garage/garage door. There is not a normal door.
I undid the t-lock that was in the door and went to install the new one. ...
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Garage door alignment
My sectional garage door doesn't seem to be aligned correctly. The springs are at the rear, like this:
There's a scraping noise when operating that seems to be coming from the left cable drum. The ...
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Identify and replace roller door side track tape
The "tape" on my roller door is getting old and needs replacing because it's causing a lot of friction against the guides so the door does not move smoothly. I need help identifying the name ...
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Garage door lock broken
The internal side of my garage door lock is broken (first image). Due to this, the cable that pulls the latch is no longer pulling it and hence the garage door cannot be opened (third image). I could ...
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How do I replace a busted garage door hinge #0?
My home's garage door has several #0 hinges in the interior (see picture below). Ten years ago or so I noticed a few of them were broken, so I bought replacements online and installed them without ...
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What is the part called that holds the upper pulley on an extension spring garage door?
I have an extension spring garage door that doesn't open and close smoothly, and many times it doesn't complete a cycle before jamming up. I recently discovered why - the stationary pulley is quite ...
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What is this device wired up to my garage door?
There is something wired to my garage door (at least the wire colors are the same as the ones for the door sensors), mounted on the wall near the ceiling.
What is this? I cannot find any mention of ...
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Garage door shudders on initial opening, then works fine
My garage door shudders on initial opening and then runs smooth. The shudder is a moderately violent shake that is short, maybe first 6" of travel. Motor has plenty of power and seems to be ...
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Are overhead door bottom seals with interior beads effective at stopping leaks?
I need to replace my T-style (two channel) garage door seal. My garage floor is uneven and water seeps in on one side.
Old seal is "U" type. I've seen a "U+O" type, with an O ...
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Garage door spring replacement
Does anybody have any experience with changing Garador garage springs . I would welcome any knowledge you have . Cheers
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Liftmaster garage door opens fine from remote but won't open at main button
My main button doesn't work by the door but my remote is working fine to open and close my garage door. I took off the main button and touched the wires together it still didn't work. The button has a ...
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My garage sensor beam keeps going out of alignment
I have a standard automatic garage door with a pair of garage door sensors. One sensor has a light which registers green when the sensors are in alignment. The problem is that, once or twice a week, ...
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Best lock for side hinged wooden garage doors
We've just had a new pair of oak garage doors installed at the front of our house.
We want to be able to open these doors from the inside and outside. Therefore, a simple padlock or internal bolt ...
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Is there spring tension on this garage door part?
We have bedrooms above the garage and I am trying to reduce the noise from the garage doors. I have installed a vibration isolation kit like this on the opener/motor, which already made a huge ...
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Is there a pulley configuration that can both reduce distance and weight?
I'm trying to find some kind of clever workaround to engineer a solution to the fact that a typical pulley can't reduce both distance and weight.
I am designing a counterweight system for a hangar ...
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Roll up garage door spring ... unwound?
A couple of days ago we lost power and I had to open the garage door manually. The door did not stay up as it is supposed to. It stay half the way so I had to shove a piece of wood to keep it up and ...
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Fixing brick cracks above garage door
My house had foundation issues several times which is fixed now and after every fix we get more brick cracks above the garage door. Some people say that foundation has nothing to do with those cracks ...
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How can I attach a draft seal/excluder to a garage door
I believe my question is "how do I drill a steel plate so I can screw something to it"
As per a few of my other posts, I'm trying to reduce the gap between my garage door and floor.
The ...
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Lost garage remote control
I lost the only remote control I had for my garage box. Normally I should be able to open the garage with a key and a cylinder lock. But when I bought this apartment (with this garage box), the ...
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Garage door sticking: WD-40 temporary solution but still sticks: need to change hinges or what?
We live in a rental house built 1982 but need to fix some things around the place without involving the landlord ... the garage door has started sticking. I got it to close using WD-40, but it's still ...
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Ok for garage door chain to sag on one side when door is closed?
I noticed today that the chain on my garage door seems to droop a bit on one side when the door is closed. I feel like I would have noticed if it was always like this (new unit, about 1.5 years old).
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How does a garage door motor wall control on a two wire circuit determine between door control and light control?
I am trying to recreate the garage door wall switch (making a custom assembly that has two buttons to toggle the door and toggle the light). The first thing that I am attempting to understand is the ...
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What solutions exsist to fill in the gap between the bottom of garage door and cement?
What are some good options or approaches to fill in a large gap under garage door after having the driveway redone. It's a decent size gap.
I've tried resetting the garage door opener but it is at the ...
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Run power supply wire through garage for security camera
I need to run thin power supply wire that came with security camera through garage. I have bricks in front upper portion of garage but there is little garage eaves where I can mount the camera. I also ...
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What is this button/switch by Garage door connected garage opener
Moved into this house last year , Trying to figure out what this button does ? the white wire goes to garage opener. . Tried pressing it while the garage door is opening/closing ,nothing happens.
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Liftmaster garage opener keypad stops working when temp drops below 40 degrees F [closed]
Lift master garage opener keypad stops working when temps drop below 40 degrees F. The hand held remotes work. it was installed new in 2017. Batteries have been replaced and still not working.
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Garage roller door motor not stopping when closed
I just replaced two broken straps on my roller garage door. They look like below (when not broken).
Everything went well (tested with manual crank up and down etc..) but then I closed the door fully ...
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Garage door trolley no longer attached
The trolley on our garage door is no longer attached to the garage door opener track (with the operator) and the arm is hanging loose. I wasn't there when the trolley fell off the track, but was told ...
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Fixing gap under one side of a steel garage door
One corner of my new slab-on-grade garage foundation is 1.375" lower than it should be. My garage door is level, but as a result of the low corner, there's a gap on one side:
The concrete guy has ...
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