I’m looking for a new garage door opener that doesn’t use a track. It’s connected directly to the spring. I’ve tried googling but I can’t think of the key words to enter.
I’ve seen pictures this type before but I can’t find one.
Edited 11/21/2008 6:00 pm by JMadson
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roll up door???
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It's not a roll up door. It's actually a stand alone opener that connects to the spring to pull up a standard door instead of using the overhead track.
The door is solid one piece, not sectional, right? Like the kind in the 3 Stooges movies whee the guy gets lifted up cuz he stood too close to the door."Put your creed in your deed." Emerson
"When asked if you can do something, tell'em "Why certainly I can", then get busy and find a way to do it." T. Roosevelt
dunno....
check wayne dalton doors...
but don't waste yur money on them...
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WOW!!! What a Ride!Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
Do you want the opener (motor-powered thingie) or the door (or hardware to hang it)?
The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of a mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one. --Wilhelm Stekel
eventually a clear picture of what's needed will emerge....
hang in there.....
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
I've "hung in there" for dozens of posts on many other threads, without ever getting a "clear picture" of anything.
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got it...
be in the dark crowd....
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
Try this ...
http://www.eastcoastgaragedoors.com.au/tiltdoors.html
"Put your creed in your deed." Emerson
"When asked if you can do something, tell'em "Why certainly I can", then get busy and find a way to do it." T. Roosevelt
Although that is pretty cool, it's not what I'm looking for.
I've gone back to my original post and added the word "opener" in the first sentence. It's amazing how the English language requires you to add all of your details to make any sense whatsoever.
That being said, I'm looking for an opener that doesn't connect to the middle of the garage ceiling. It's connected to the spring and winds the segmented door up.
Edited 11/21/2008 6:44 pm by JMadson
Well, there are two different kinds of springs -- extension springs and torsion springs. Extension springs are the "boingy" coil springs that stretch out along the horizontal rails as the door closes. Torsion springs are springs on a rod above the door opening. There are openers that incorporate into the torsion spring setup somehow.
The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of a mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one. --Wilhelm Stekel
I have seen those, its either Wayne Dalton or genie
mounts on one end of the rod that the torsion spring is on, works with conventional sectional doors.
common in larger commercial doors
The keywords I was searching for were either wall mount (duh) or jackspring.
Thanks everyone for the help.
Well...it doesn't attach to the spring, but it does attach to the shaft.
Look on the Liftmaster web site. They have just what you want.
Edited 11/21/2008 6:59 pm ET by BoJangles
You are correct.
http://www.liftmaster.com/consumerweb/pages/productmodeldetail.aspx?modelId=834
thanks
It' a Wayne Dalton product called idrive torquemaster. It basically combines a drive motor with a torsion spring . It looks pretty cool because the torsion spring is completely encased in a metal . This supposedly makes it safer. Presumably, the spring is tortioned just like the standard type and the motor provides the lifting force that would normally be provided by a person or a standard type door opener. One big advantage is that it does not take away potentially useable overhead storage space like a regular one does...hanging ladders and such.
I have had problems with the Wayne Dalton i-Drive, not impressed, I would be more likely to stay with Liftmaster Products.
In either case, as the torsion shaft turns, the door falls, but since most of the door is in a horizontal position, the shaft may get ahead of the door, causing slack in the cables, and a potential service call issue if the cables jump.
Consider this product for any application that is on a standard radius door, and a jackshaft driven motor...
http://www.prodoorparts.com/photos/products/hi-res/Pro%20door%20parts%202%2009%202008%20052.JPG
It is a spring that pushes on the back of the door to help it down, once the door is off the spring, the bottom panel is in a pendant position, and gravity can take over