Mike, the reason you don't see the doors more often is cost. They are WAY
more expensive than standard doors.
As for side mounting the opener. Go to a professional garage door
installer and buy your doors from him. Tell him what you want to do. Buy
a GOOD quality door. Let HIM install them. All these things will be
important for a door that is not pulled from the center.
I had new doors installed in my garage a while back. I was in Germany at
the time, so I had them professional installed. (It was not that much
more) The doors can easily be lifted from ONE side only. These are 8'
wide X 9' high doors that slide easy with no effort. I don't think I could
have done a better installation myself.
Inch
Mike Rambour <mikey@b2systems.com> on 03/15/2000 06:45:10 PM
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4posts and garage doors
Ok, I am waiting for my refund check to buy the 4post lift, I have
decided on which one and did all the measuring, testing, what ifs, etc.
Then last night I went and pondered, "what if I move it here instead of
there, I think that would be better", I got out my bicycle boxes taped them
back up the engine hoist and did some test lifting and smacked right into
my garage door opener. I like this new location for the 4post lift, i can
see major advantages to where I had planned on installing it before. But
that darned garage door opener gets in the way. Currently I have a simple
plywood slab door that just hinges up and I am wondering if I can move the
door opener away from the center of the door ? I just need to move it 2
feet to one side and since it is a single (16ftoot) door it should work
right ???
Of course later this summer I was going to get a new door and on those
sectional doors I can see a problem with the opener not in the center, I
think it would cause the thing to mis-behave in the tracks, so that will be
a problem but the door will be higher. Which got me thinking again about
the roll-up doors that roll up into a big roll. I assume the door opener
is on the side of those, just rolling...no door clearance problems to the
4post, no opener...hmmm sounds perfect. Yet, I don't see them anywhere
except on commercial buildings, why not ?
mike
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