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I passed on the electric opener this last time also. The torsion bars work great and a lot faster just to open the darn things than wait for an opener.fortyshooter wrote: ↑Sat Feb 26, 2022 8:22 pmMy doors have the torsion spring and work well. Have never had an electric door opener.
I would think as far as saving time it would take longer when coming home to get out of the car and open the door and then get back in to drive it into the garage than waiting for the opener. And when you leave you would have do the same, get out, put the door down and then get back in. Of course I'm usually driving my Miata and as I'm getting older it is getting harder for me to get in and out of it.Shakey Jake wrote: ↑Sun Feb 27, 2022 4:03 pmI passed on the electric opener this last time also. The torsion bars work great and a lot faster just to open the darn things than wait for an opener.fortyshooter wrote: ↑Sat Feb 26, 2022 8:22 pmMy doors have the torsion spring and work well. Have never had an electric door opener.
Jake
. I'm just not willing to give up the convenience of an electric opener especially considering how cheap they are. I do have a regular sized door at the back of my garage so if I'm just going into the garage for something and not taking the car out I don't have to open the big door.Our new system has a switch on the inside door control that you can flip to lock the door openers if you are leaving for vacation or going out of town for the weekend. You open the door, flip the switch to locked, drive out and close the door with the remote. It won't open with the remote again until you come through the house and return the switch to unlock. However, if someone broke in, and pulled the track release they could open the doors manually.dave77 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 26, 2022 7:53 pmMaybe try them without openers, you can always have openers installed later. Are the doors you are getting capable of being locked? My door doesn't have any locking hardware, it's just the opener that keeps it secure. Did the doors you are replacing have openers? If the mounts for the openers are already there it won't require much labor to install new ones so you probably won't save that much, openers with battery backup are only around $200.
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The old doors could open if the electric went out so I always put a bolt and nut on the rail in front of one of the runners. I don't know if the new openers have a way to prevent manual opening when the electric is off.BrokenolMarine wrote: ↑Mon Feb 28, 2022 10:00 amOur new system has a switch on the inside door control that you can flip to lock the door openers if you are leaving for vacation or going out of town for the weekend. You open the door, flip the switch to locked, drive out and close the door with the remote. It won't open with the remote again until you come through the house and return the switch to unlock. However, if someone broke in, and pulled the track release they could open the doors manually.dave77 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 26, 2022 7:53 pmMaybe try them without openers, you can always have openers installed later. Are the doors you are getting capable of being locked? My door doesn't have any locking hardware, it's just the opener that keeps it secure. Did the doors you are replacing have openers? If the mounts for the openers are already there it won't require much labor to install new ones so you probably won't save that much, openers with battery backup are only around $200.
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So, if we leave for any length of time, I put a lock thru the track against a runner wheel, freezing the door in the down position, and turn off the door opener to prevent accidental activation damaging the system. Once we return, I remove the locks and restore the system.
Overkill? Maybe, but with my career, I've seen houses cleaned out while folks were on vacation. I've never been able to relax when I'm gone, alarm system, cameras, and all.
