One other possibility no one has mentioned is a max blaster water gun full of
isopropyl alcohol, kept inside the home where it should be around 65-70
degrees. Use the relatively warm alcohol to melt the ice...
But I like the heat tape better..
---------- Original Message ----------
From: Al Fuller <alfuller194@gmail.com>
To: Brian and Wendy Warrick <maynerdfamily@msn.com>
Cc: Shop Talk <Shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Garage door openers -- diff question
Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2025 10:37:31 -0800
There is a well developed discussion in the following link. One commercially
available suggestion is similar to the heat tape suggested below.
Link:Â https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/garage-door-freezes-to-floor.309691/
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Best Regards,
Al Fuller
On Fri, Nov 21, 2025, 5:11â?¯PM Brian and Wendy Warrick <maynerdfamily@msn.com>
wrote:
Thinking totally outside the box, but how about a strip of low wattage heat
trace cable attached to the concrete where the door contacts it. It could be
plugged into a thermostat to come on below freezing or a timer to come on 1-2
hours before you leave for
work and get home.
Maybe they make heat traced garage door seal?
BrianFrom: Shop-talk <shop-talk-bounces@autox.team.net> on behalf of Al Fuller
<alfuller194@gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2025 4:57 PM
To: Tim . <tims_datsun_stuff@outlook.com>; Shop Talk <Shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Garage door openers -- diff questionÂ
Tim - Is there any way to keep the water off of the door? Gutters on the
garage, perhaps?
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Al Fuller
714.335.0248 Mobile
------ Original Message ------From "Tim ." <tims_datsun_stuff@outlook.com>To
"Shop Talk" <shop-talk@autox.team.net>Date 11/21/2025 3:11:13 PMSubject
[Shop-talk] Garage door openers -- diff question
Another from my somewhat random question file while I wind down recovery from
back surgery.....
When we bought this 120+ year old house, the original garage had already been
replaced by an extra deep two car garage space. The car door is a segmented two
car wide door that had a Wayne Dalton "i drive" opener. It died/failed over 15
years ago when we did
not have the money to replace it. (still not sure how we got a mortgage back
then when neither of us were making good money)
Anyway, near as I could determine back then between the error code lights and
their CS help, the main board got fried when the door froze to the slab. Since
the door requires basically no effort to open manually, I never bothered to
replace the opener.Â
Forward all these years, I think it is time to replace the opener. Before I do,
here is my question finally:Â
How TF do I keep the door from freezing to the slab again? I think(?) I can set
it to not close all the way. BUT, with the way the weather is here and the
amount of freezing rain we get here as well as the temp ups and downs, the "not
all the way gap" would
need to be too big and would allow wild life in.Â
Since the boss is the one who gets the indoor parking in the winter (I have to
store either the Datto or the old Jeep elsewhere), I don't want her to have
to kick the door in the mornings after a storm.
Thoughts please and thanks for reading my verboseness!!
tim
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