Opener for 16ft door?

[nathank]

Can anyone recommend a good opener for a 16ft door? Are we talking regular home depot openers for this task or does it take some kind of heavy duty opener?

I like the Craftsman belt drives (they're quiet). What is everyone using?

 

[Gary S]

Any 1/2hp opener will work fine on a 16 or 18 foot door as long as you first get the door balanced up properly with spring adjustments.

 

[autoclassicnut]

I have a martin door and opener, a little more $ but quiet for sure...

 

[Daves75]

Any good half horse power unit will do, martins are a private labeled unit. They are built by a company called Marantec, I very good unit and very quite more quite then the LM belt drives.

 

[Shocker]

LM3200 series chain drive, 1/2hp opens my 16x9

 

[nathank]

Bought a LM3800 yesterday. We'll see how it goes.

 

[rtremaine]

i have the lm3900 on mine which is a commercial style 16x9 metal door, no problems so far.

http://www.liftmaster.com/consumerweb/pages/productmodeldetail.aspx?modelId=1443

 

[e-tek]

I also have the liftmaster 1/2hp. Works fine, but I sure wish I would have done the "close to ceiling" thing with taller tracks. My lifter hangs nearly 18" from the ceiling.