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Garage door question Joseph Meehan 03-16-2007
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Posted by Joseph Meehan on March 16, 2007, 3:28 pm


The connection where the opener arm attaches to the door is not as
secure as I would like. It was fine, but a spring broke and things got
quite stressed more than it should. It is no longer possible to get the
bolts as tight as I would like into the door.

I am considering a steel plate on the outside and bolt it though the
plate. That should function well enough. (Note per the instructions there
is a steel angle as a brace under the opener arm on the inside of the door
now. The door itself seems solid and everything is functioning OK.

I am also considering this as an opportunity to just replace my two
doors with something a little nicer and with windows.

Any suggestions or comments?

--
Joseph Meehan

Dia 's Muire duit




Posted by doordoc@prodigy.net on March 16, 2007, 5:05 pm


They make a bracket just for this purpose which is much stronger &
better.
One source & pictures of the bracket can be found here:

http://www.garagedoorsupply.com/operator-brackets.html (I am not
associated w/ the site in any manner, but it is a nice site that's
easy to use)

Through bolts thru the door isn't going to help a whole lot, plus the
door will not look all that great from the outside.

Doordoc

wrote:
> The connection where theopenerarm attaches to thedooris not as
> secure as I would like. It was fine, but a spring broke and things got
> quite stressed more than it should. It is no longer possible to get the
> bolts as tight as I would like into thedoor.
>
> I am considering a steel plate on the outside and bolt it though the
> plate. That should function well enough. (Note per the instructions there
> is a steel angle as a brace under theopenerarm on the inside of thedoor
> now. Thedooritself seems solid and everything is functioning OK.
>
> I am also considering this as an opportunity to just replace my two
> doors with something a little nicer and with windows.
>
> Any suggestions or comments?
>
> --
> Joseph Meehan
>
> Dia 's Muire duit



Posted by on March 17, 2007, 8:53 am


Our garage door has the window panel in the next to top position
making watching outside while working in the garage a pleasure. Just
had an oversize two car garage built to use a woodshop and did the
same with that door. Slick!

On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 15:28:06 -0400, "Joseph Meehan"

> I am also considering this as an opportunity to just replace my two
>doors with something a little nicer and with windows.

Posted by hallerb@aol.com on March 17, 2007, 10:58 am


On Mar 17, 7:53=EF=BF=BDam, nospam...@vcoms.net wrote:
> Our garage door has the window panel in the next to top position
> making watching outside while working in the garage a pleasure. =A0Just
> had an oversize two car garage built to use a woodshop and did the
> same with that door. =A0Slick!
>
> On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 15:28:06 -0400, "Joseph Meehan"
>
>
>
> > =A0 =A0I am also considering this as an opportunity to just replace my =
two
> >doors with something a little nicer and with windows.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

I too like windows in door.

If your uin a hurricane area get ones that are hurricane safe. They
prevent the door blowing out which leads to overall home destruction.


Posted by Joseph Meehan on March 17, 2007, 2:37 pm


hallerb@aol.com wrote:
> On Mar 17, 7:53?am, nospam...@vcoms.net wrote:
..
>
> I too like windows in door.
>
> If your uin a hurricane area get ones that are hurricane safe. They
> prevent the door blowing out which leads to overall home destruction.

Thanks for the comment. I don't think I will need worry about hurricane
safe, it has been a long time since we had a hurricane in Ohio, but with
global warming and rising sea levels, maybe ...


--
Joseph Meehan

Dia 's Muire duit




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