Automatic Garage

It is not difficult to upgrade your manually operated garage door. You must only fit a remote controlled electric garage door operator. There is a large scale of automatic garage door openers and necessary accessories; there are companies offering a supply and fit service. You must know what type of garage door you have, what electric door accessories and products will suit you and their price.

If need to automate your garage door to never feel guilty about leaving the car out all night. In the winter morning, will need anymore defrosting and in the dark, no more fumbling with locks. No more scraping ice, no more misting up or dew on the windows. It is safer to automate your garage door; you will drive up and straight in on dark nights. Your car will be cleaner, so less washing. A cleaner car will have less corrosion and the car's value will be maintained.

With professional support, you can install it; you can have technical support to install retractable, canopy or sectional mechanisms; it is possible to install also side hinge doors. An electric opener motor is allowing remote control operation directly from your car. The door operators are working the same way; a track must be fitted above the door, fixed at the end to the wall above the lintel or to the lintel and the second end to the rafter in the ceiling. The motor is installed at the end of the track and by way of a belt, a chain, or a screw drive moves a carriage along the track.

The good news is that you don't need a new garage door. As long as your garage door functions well you can automate it; if the door is not functioning very well, it takes only a few dollars of spares parts to set it right. If the door is in a poor situation, you can buy a new garage door. It is important to know the type of your garage door, to choose the right product. The door can be retractable, canopy, side hinged, or sectional. Retractable doors are the most popular and the most suited because you can use any type of operator.

The door can be opened when you are in the car and use the remote control (a RF signal is sent to the receiver in the motor which trigger an opening or closing cycle). If you are at home and you want to open the garage door, you must push the wall switch in your house. When you lose the remote control or if there is a power cut, open the garage door using the manual release mechanism.

Another feature is the light that automatically comes on when the operators are used and stays on for 3 minutes. Some operators have also the start and stop operation at a determined speed to give a smoother look and reduce noise. The garage door is closed automatically.