Door opener for 4 post lift needed

[Motorhead]

Fellow enthusiasts -

I am planning on putting in a 4 post lift in my residential garage. Does anyone know of a good lift and more importantly - how do I get the door to open without the opener hitting my top car???

 

[JMURiz]

I know some others have jackshaft openers. Not sure how they work on a 'normal' door (I'm still a noob in garage stuff). Others have the Wayne Dalton iDrive.
If you have a single door (8-9' wide) you can do an off-center opener also.

 

[Motorhead]

I got that site for Wayne Dalton - thanks!

 

[JohnZ]

Fellow enthusiasts -

I am planning on putting in a 4 post lift in my residential garage. Does anyone know of a good lift and more importantly - how do I get the door to open without the opener hitting my top car???

If you have adequate ceiling height, have your sectional door setup converted to a "high-lift" arrangement. Mine's shown below, with the door horizontal tracks 8" from the ceiling and the opener track 4" from the ceiling; I have 12' height.

 

[mangomadness]

I just put in a 4 post too and i moved my door operator from the center of the door , over to one side ( with the blessing of my door guy) works great

 

[Truck Guy]

I just had the door track and opener raised 12"

Now there's plenty of room to raise the garage door and not hit the
car on the top of the lift.

 

[bimmer95]

iDrive is junk, read some reviews before wasting $$$ on one.

 

[sboxs]

heres my set up

 

[ChucksCrib]

Below are some pics in a thread I stated a while back with my high lift doors and Wayne Dalton I-Drive units.


http://www.garagejunkies.net/showthread.php?t=702

 

[mneblett]

iDrive is junk, read some reviews before wasting $$$ on one.

Different opinion here -- I installed one when I raised my garage door tracks, torsion bar/springs, and eliminated the overhead opener to gain 4-post lift clearance. My iDrive has functioned fine, and the install was no sweat. Very neat/clean set-up, at a fraction of the cost of a commerical-style side-mount drive.

 

[Steve_S]

Here's a good solution if you have vaulted ceilings or can remove the cross braces to clear some space...