Eichler Garage Door Opener

Garage door openers and eichler sliders since we moved into our eichler we ve had a love hate relationship with the dual sliding garage doors.

Eichler garage door opener.

Of course their unique design and style means that we d never replace them but getting out of the car during the rainy winter to pull a heavy door open meant that style had a cost. Just bought an eichler in concord and am considering installing a garage door opener for the original wood door. It s been working perfectly for the past 2 years. Friday was the magic day and we were done in about 6 hours including moving and reinstalling the garage door opener.

He thought it would take two days. I ve done it too. Adapting a conventional automatic garage door opener for an eichler home duration. I notice a neighbor has an automatic garage door opener on their eichler.

Sometime ago one of our handy eichler owners posted instructions on installing a garage door opener on an eichler original sliding door. February 27 2007 9 04am 4. Just used 2 standard craftsman door openers and some clever blocking to attach the openers to the doors. The garage doors require a lot of effort to slide open closed and i suspect that the roller mechanisms may be worn causing the doors to hang lower and scrape the ground.

Apr 2 2003. As i read these posts it seems that the new breed of installers don t understand how this can be done and opting to replace the door with a section steel door. Used a 4x4 mounted on the outside door note this means the doors cannot slide past each other any more and some old bookshelf supports on the inside door where i needed to run the track about 10 from the door in order to avoid the other opener track. Eichler renovation remodel and addition duration.

I currently have an eichler with the original sliding garage doors. I have a flat roof eichler 2 car garage with the horizontally sliding garage doors. This is usually a photo electric eye that will turn off the automatic opener mechanism if an object comes between the door and the edge of the opening. All garage door openers sold in california since 1993 are required by law to include a monitored non contact safety reversing device or safety edge that stops and reverses a closing garage door.

However the door is starting to have a hard time opening. Had to do a bit of tweaking to the height of the tracks and a few different modifications behind the door jambs to build up something for the back door to close on but that was about it. I ll approach them about their installation. Edward ang 308 views.