Re: need to replace my garage door opener
[Re: Pacnorthcuda]
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05/23/21 10:34 PM
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X2. Liftmaster belt drive. If Stu was still with us, he'd say the same. Check Sears - the old 1/2 HP belt drive of theirs used to be made by Liftmaster - said it on the box - that's what I bought. I've had NO issues with mine for 16 years.
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Re: need to replace my garage door opener
[Re: Sunroofcuda]
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05/24/21 12:37 AM
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Yep those are the winner. Get the nice one with the WiFi. You’ll use that more than you’d think. I miss it after moving to a house without it. New place has an old lift master that’s good, and has a genie that is louder and sounds clunkier than the lift master.
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Re: need to replace my garage door opener
[Re: mopars4ever]
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05/24/21 09:13 AM
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My Genie is 20 plus yrs old. The only thing I've replaced is the travel limiter. Is it noisy yes I don't care. It works flawlessly. Hell when my kids were little the would hang on to the door and use as a lift. Though my head was going to explode the first time I saw it. Learned they had been doing it for yrs after school.
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Re: need to replace my garage door opener
[Re: cudatom]
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05/24/21 11:08 AM
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If it's a torsion spring door get a liftmaster 8500. Mounts on end of torsion shaft and gets rid of everything else leaving ceiling clean. Stu loved em. Hard to see but it's the small black box on left on wall behind bike. I have one on the 16ft front garage door too. Comes with a bluetooth light that plugs in where old opener was installed. I have both on same signal so when either door opens or you trip motion detector on wall panel the both come on together. Bright enough to go in and out of garage without turning on any lights. You can see it between the led fixtures.
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Re: need to replace my garage door opener
[Re: cudatom]
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05/24/21 11:10 AM
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I'm using the Liftmaster direct drive/jackshaft, 8500, units with the wifi capability. Nice units that mount on the wall to the side of the door. This free's up the space lost by the usual lift units.
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Re: need to replace my garage door opener
[Re: CKessel]
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05/25/21 11:22 PM
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Im guess you last two guys were writing your replies at the same time. With the same suggestion and reason. Our trusty old Stanley has been doing it's thing on our door since the 80s
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Re: need to replace my garage door opener
[Re: Kern Dog]
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05/26/21 10:27 AM
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And their tech/help department blows. We tried putting the camera's in but could not get them to synch up. Got the run around from tech plus crickets. Its an ongoing problem with Chamberlin from what I've read online. Sell the product but play dumb after.
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Re: need to replace my garage door opener
[Re: SomeCarGuy]
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05/26/21 11:06 AM
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Yep those are the winner. Get the nice one with the WiFi. You’ll use that more than you’d think. I miss it after moving to a house without it. New place has an old lift master that’s good, and has a genie that is louder and sounds clunkier than the lift master. There are 3rd party wifi retrofit kits you can get for $20-30, check Amazon.
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Re: need to replace my garage door opener
[Re: second 70]
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05/26/21 11:33 AM
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My daughter installed the shaft mounted opener, not sure of the brand. They love it, it's a much cleaner look/installation, she has battery BU since in a hurricane zone, and a number of other features, with a nice robust separate solenoid dead bolt lock. She lives in a rather upscale neighborhood, and the permit inspector had oddly never seen one, but was impressed.
I will use the same on my door upgrade soon.
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Re: need to replace my garage door opener
[Re: CKessel]
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05/28/21 04:15 PM
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I'm using the Liftmaster direct drive/jackshaft, 8500, units with the wifi capability. Nice units that mount on the wall to the side of the door. This free's up the space lost by the usual lift units. I'm going to switch to an 8500 but have no desire to connect anything that someone could possibly hack into to gain access in to my house.
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Re: need to replace my garage door opener
[Re: mopars4ever]
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05/19/22 11:51 AM
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Swinging gates must not have a skewed post. The sashes must be level and open easily, without unnecessary effort. It is better if they hang on hinges with bearings. The instructions for the drive usually have a graph of the ratio of the length of the sash to its height. That's why the weight of the leaf is a relative indicator. In addition to the weight of the gate leaf, there is another important parameter: the sail and wind resistance. The higher this parameter, the harder it is for the drive to push the gate leaf, including strong winds. It's important which Garage Doors you choose. Very good if they are wood.
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Re: need to replace my garage door opener
[Re: MI_Custumz]
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05/20/22 06:28 AM
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I have a Liftmaster and added the MyQ to it. We sometimes forget to shut the garage door and closing it from anywhere is a nice option. We've got ours set to auto close at 9:00 PM in case we forget to close it. It's happened a handful of times.
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Re: need to replace my garage door opener
[Re: mopars4ever]
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05/20/22 11:48 AM
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I put in a LiftMaster last year and love it.
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Re: need to replace my garage door opener
[Re: Dcuda69]
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05/27/22 06:17 AM
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Swinging gates must not have a skewed post. The sashes must be level and open easily, without unnecessary effort. It is better if they hang on hinges with bearings. The instructions for the drive usually have a graph of the ratio of the length of the sash to its height. That's why the weight of the leaf is a relative indicator. In addition to the weight of the gate leaf, there is another important parameter: the sail and wind resistance. The higher this parameter, the harder it is for the drive to push the gate leaf, including strong winds. It's important which Garage Doors you choose. Very good if they are wood.
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Re: need to replace my garage door opener
[Re: Dcuda69]
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05/27/22 10:23 AM
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I put a 2 car garage addition on 20+ years ago. At that time I grabbed a Genie from HD and put it up. Worked fine until this year, then it died. I had the door company that installed the door come out and install a belt drive Liftmaster. Works great and quiet...uses the same MyQ app so wireless, remote function. I don't need battery backup...if I lose power,pull the cord and roll the door up. Think it was $400 completely installed with haul away of the Genie. I got one at my old house and can’t wait to install at this one. These are great. Big power too. Had to get it because I did a complete reworking and changed out two wasted single bay width doors and went to a huge single door that weighed too much for the old openers. The ability to have somebody put packages that arrive into your garage while on vacation is great. Even more so these days to when things ship on huge delays.
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Re: need to replace my garage door opener
[Re: SomeCarGuy]
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05/27/22 10:38 AM
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No need to change out working openers . You can upgrade your opener these are only $30 and fit most openers. Same IQ tech. Open and close door from anywhere. Young neighbors wanted to replace broken touch pad but I got them this instead. Works great and you can always check door anytime with your phone to see it it's open or closed. Simple wifi install. https://www.lowes.com/pd/Chamberlain-MYQ-SMART-GARAGE-CONTROL/5001920965
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Re: need to replace my garage door opener
[Re: second 70]
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05/28/22 05:46 AM
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No need to change out working openers . You can upgrade your opener these are only $30 and fit most openers. Same IQ tech. Open and close door from anywhere. Young neighbors wanted to replace broken touch pad but I got them this instead. Works great and you can always check door anytime with your phone to see it it's open or closed. Simple wifi install. https://www.lowes.com/pd/Chamberlain-MYQ-SMART-GARAGE-CONTROL/5001920965 Mine keeps saying offline at least once a week. I have to unplug it and plug it back in. Sucks if you are not home. I have a smart plug I can control from anywhere and plugged the MyQ into that. We will see if that works. Everyone said it's the wifi, but the wifi cameras are all fine.
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Re: need to replace my garage door opener
[Re: second 70]
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05/28/22 07:13 AM
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If it's a torsion spring door get a liftmaster 8500. Mounts on end of torsion shaft and gets rid of everything else leaving ceiling clean. Stu loved em. Hard to see but it's the small black box on left on wall behind bike. I have one on the 16ft front garage door too. Comes with a bluetooth light that plugs in where old opener was installed. I have both on same signal so when either door opens or you trip motion detector on wall panel the both come on together. Bright enough to go in and out of garage without turning on any lights. You can see it between the led fixtures. I wish I would have done this wall mount style. I still may add eventually. As you can see, I use every square inch of my garage.
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Re: need to replace my garage door opener
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05/28/22 10:23 AM
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If it's a torsion spring door get a liftmaster 8500. Mounts on end of torsion shaft and gets rid of everything else leaving ceiling clean. Stu loved em. Hard to see but it's the small black box on left on wall behind bike. I have one on the 16ft front garage door too. Comes with a bluetooth light that plugs in where old opener was installed. I have both on same signal so when either door opens or you trip motion detector on wall panel the both come on together. Bright enough to go in and out of garage without turning on any lights. You can see it between the led fixtures. I wish I would have done this wall mount style. I still may add eventually. As you can see, I use every square inch of my garage. that is one LARGE shaker....
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Re: need to replace my garage door opener
[Re: MI_Custumz]
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05/28/22 11:42 AM
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No need to change out working openers . You can upgrade your opener these are only $30 and fit most openers. Same IQ tech. Open and close door from anywhere. Young neighbors wanted to replace broken touch pad but I got them this instead. Works great and you can always check door anytime with your phone to see it it's open or closed. Simple wifi install. https://www.lowes.com/pd/Chamberlain-MYQ-SMART-GARAGE-CONTROL/5001920965 Mine keeps saying offline at least once a week. I have to unplug it and plug it back in. Sucks if you are not home. I have a smart plug I can control from anywhere and plugged the MyQ into that. We will see if that works. Everyone said it's the wifi, but the wifi cameras are all fine. WiFi signals can suck in some areas in the same room or have some interference messing them up and just moving your control to another outlet or location might fix your problem. It can drive you nuts when the signal is better outside than inside.
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Re: need to replace my garage door opener
[Re: second 70]
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05/28/22 12:49 PM
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After reading this thread, bought this on Amazon and its been working great, only $22. Hated the feeling when I might have left the garage open, now I can check and open or close from my phone. https://youtu.be/0gcyJC_WkRk
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Re: need to replace my garage door opener
[Re: BDW]
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05/29/22 12:37 AM
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My wifi opener had a sticker on it saying not to use led bulbs. That might be messing with your signal.
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