Fitting Electric Motor To Garage Door

Automating a sectional garage door virtually all sectional doors can be motorised unless as per point 1 the door is in a sorry state.

Fitting electric motor to garage door.

Now the door is pinned you can install the motor. Here i will show how to fit a used up over garage door if you just bought one second hand with no instruction then watch this its quite easy to fit if you. In this case we use the ata gdo 6 easy roller gen2 with a light for an internal garage door. Then feed the belt or chain through the end of the rail around the pulley then around the other end at the motor.

Stop at this point and make sure your garage door is not heavy just because it is either too old or fitted incorrectly in the first place as an electric motor may well open and close the door but will not be a safe long term solution. Lock it onto the motor by pulling the chord plug the motor into power. Attach the rail to the motor compartment. The common mistake is thinking you should have an electric motor fitted to your door because it is very heavy.

Step by step video instruction how to fit roller garage doors by birkdale. Secure the screws through the door curtain and into the drum wheel at the end of each roll. We need to reset the limits again this determines the top open position and closed position of your garage door when open or shut. Even if it is the simple nature of sectional doors means that the door should be easily repaired to a condition where it can be motorised.

We show you how to fit a motor to a roller door. Choose a motor type to match your needs i e. Roll up the door until the mark is visible. Install the pulley at end of rail opposite the motor compartment.

Then lift the door about half a turn from the closed position to give you enough room to drill. If you have low headroom.