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How To Build A Garage Door Openers

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Having a garage means that you can go to bed at night without having to worry about your car being parked out in the open. You do not have to worry about scratches, dust, dew drops, rain and most importantly, gifts from birds landing straight on your windshield or the car roof. You can find your car inside your garage as you left it there. However, having a garage also means another thing. It means having to lift the door open and having to shut it every time you have to go somewhere. Thankfully, that little problem has been taken care of by garage door openers. Garage door openers are motor powered devices that open and shut the garage doors. Some can be operated manually by switches installed inside the garage and others can be operated…show more content…
However, chain operated garage door openers are very noisy and can make a great deal of racket every time you open and close the door. Belt driven ones are operated by belts which are flexible, operate smoothly and do not make much noise. The third type, screw driven openers operate along a steel rod opening and closing mechanism. However, these can also be very noisy due to the metallic nature of the rod, and thus annoying. It is also important that you choose the type of garage door opener driving system according to the location of the garage. If the garage is located away from bedrooms or the master bedroom, then even a noisy opener would not be a bad idea. However, if your bedroom is above or adjacent to the garage then you should opt for the least noisy ones to spare yourself and your family the noise. These door openers are powered by motors with different power ranges. You can conduct a research on the type of motor that you want by checking its speed of lifting and the electric power that it consumes. Most motors include a battery operated backup in case of a power outage. That way you would not have to worry about having the door being stuck midway or not being able to open it at
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