garage door opener?

[Rich1028]

garage door opener?

I'm about to get a garage door opener for the addition.
In the old garage I have an old sears chain drive.
in the new side I'm just gong to get one garage door open for now,I have two doors.
what is a good brand to get?
my sears was here when I moved in 11 years ago and has been fine.

 

[Eddie 70]

In our new house we have Marantec. They are super quiet work smoothly. I had forgotten how loud those chain drive openers really are until I went to my buddies house a couple of weekends ago.

 

[ymerej]

I just installed a Chamberlain from Home Depot. The Sears openers are basically rebadged Chamberlain ones, and the guy who installed the door for me recommended both brands. So far so good, but then again it's only been less than a week, and opened/ closed about ten times.

If your addition includes living space above the garage, especially a bedroom you should look into a belt drive. I understand they're much quieter than chain drive, but with my garage 100' from the house, I simply saved the few $ in price difference and went with a chain drive.

 

[ironroad 9c1]

Anyone know if a 1/2 horse genie would work for a 16X8 door?

 

[PCO6]

I just had a new garage door installed and got a Liftmaster 3800 with it. It's belt driven ... very smooth and quiet. It's wall mounted so it cleared up a lot of space over the workshop floor.

 

[jimmie jam]

i just had three doors installed on my garage addition. they are high lifted to 13' with liftmaster 3800's. very expensive but well worth it. they are quiet, smooth and out of the way. you don't even know that they are there.

 

[The Hot Rod Grille]

Another vote for Liftmaster 3800. Use the Search function on this forum and you will find a LOT of information on openers.

Jim

 

[Daniel Dudley]

I just installed a Chamberlain from Home Depot. The Sears openers are basically rebadged Chamberlain ones, and the guy who installed the door for me recommended both brands. So far so good, but then again it's only been less than a week, and opened/ closed about ten times.

If your addition includes living space above the garage, especially a bedroom you should look into a belt drive. I understand they're much quieter than chain drive, but with my garage 100' from the house, I simply saved the few $ in price difference and went with a chain drive.

My wife got me two 1/2 horse Chamberlains last year. I really resisted putting them in, but I did, and they work well. I am running one on a 14' Clopay 2'' insulated door, and it has been fine. They also have a 3/4 horse model, but apparently the guy at the store recommended this model, and it has worked well.

I ran the wires from the switch and the sensors through the middle of the tube that holds the chain drive, with a small hole drilled near the pulley end. That made for a really clean installation.

 

[Rich1028]

thanks all for the help.
this is in a unattached garage.