Preparing for a lift
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TO AWSUM
Ford GT Owner
Most openers have a manual disconnect for power outages. Just pull a cord and lift the door up by hand.
MTV8
GT Owner
When I had a garage door converted to high lift, it involved installing much larger springs and brackets with additional bracing behind the drywall to support them.
Tom's Garage
GT Owner
I took the track and everything out and went with swing out manual carriage doors instead. My ceilings are only 8 1/2 feet tall
Beez
GT Owner
Do the doors open completely to the outside? any chance of pics? Could be an idea for me, although I suspect our HOA wouldn't allow it. I've got 9' 3" to work with
Beez
GT Owner
A very good day for the high-lift door mod in prep for lift!
Went with the LM 8500 side winder after all. (Paint and better outlet locations are in the works during upcoming garage makeover)
I asked the local crew to give me every inch of headroom they could. They said 2 1/2" from ceiling to bottom of raised door was the tightest they had ever accomplished. They angled the track up to 2 " closer to the ceiling at the rear of the track for more win!
Earlier in the thread some of you reminded me of security. So I have the pin from the side-winder on one side, and this added precaution on the other:
Bendpak coming soon
Went with the LM 8500 side winder after all. (Paint and better outlet locations are in the works during upcoming garage makeover)
I asked the local crew to give me every inch of headroom they could. They said 2 1/2" from ceiling to bottom of raised door was the tightest they had ever accomplished. They angled the track up to 2 " closer to the ceiling at the rear of the track for more win!
Earlier in the thread some of you reminded me of security. So I have the pin from the side-winder on one side, and this added precaution on the other:
Bendpak coming soon
From a security standpoint, you could simply opt for a nut and bolt instead of the padlock given the fact that, once inside the garage, an "evil doer" (GWB) could make short work of the latter anyway. :wink
Besides, you'd never find yourself looking for a key...or forgetting a combination. :lol
AJB
GT
I always worried that I (or a family member) would try to raise the garage door from the key fob or code box on the outside ... ''WITH THE PADLOCK OR BOLT inadvertently STILL INSTALLED....and tear the whole track system crashing down on top of the roof of the Ford GT. !!!
Any thoughts to this failure mode. ??
andy (ajb)
Any thoughts to this failure mode. ??
andy (ajb)
TO AWSUM
Ford GT Owner
First suggestion - education. 2nd, all garage door openers have a safety switch that stops the door if the opening resistance is too high. No worries in the door falling from trying to open locked door.
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Beez
GT Owner
I did discuss the risk of pushing the open button while the padlock is on. Installer said it should reverse itself, but since the lock is on the opposite track from the opener, that the sideways torque before hoped-for reversal could be a bad thing. My plan is to leave the opener unplugged and the padlock on during stretches of hobby-car inactivity and vacations etc.
AJB
GT
good plan. Seeing a derailed garage door fall onto the garage floor is not a pretty sight.
Can only imaging what it would do to the FGT.
andy (ajb)
Can only imaging what it would do to the FGT.
andy (ajb)
gtinmyblood
GT Owner
I had each LiftMaster Sidewinder plugged into a socket with a seperate switch on each. That way I could cut power to either whenever I wanted. Going away? slide the lock and turn off the power.
MTV8
GT Owner
I have separate switches for my lifts and as added insurance I use a wide mouth vice-grip upstream but tight against the bottom panel roller in the valley of the track....easy on;easy off.
TO AWSUM
Ford GT Owner
If this happened to you, that means you have the reverse tension set way too high. You need to readjust it to a lighter setting.
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