I have two rough openings. 15' 6" x 8'. I have 24" between them and 24" on each side.
Wondering if I should order 2 15' 6" doors or two 16' x 8" doors.
Hopefully it's the latter. Ordering 15' 6" doors is a custom size and significantly more expensive. I've attached a picture of the garage as well.
Not trying to sell anything here, genuinely curious after observing a few garage door companies lately.
From the outside, it seems like once business starts picking up, owners suddenly have to juggle:
incoming calls
dispatching
techs in the field
customer follow-ups
emergency jobs
scheduling chaos
And I’m wondering what actually becomes painful first in real life.
Is it:
missed calls?
organizing jobs?
hiring reliable techs?
price shoppers?
follow-ups?
reviews?
something else entirely?
Especially for smaller owner-operated companies doing decent volume already.
Would love to hear from people actually in the industry because from the outside it seems like growth creates operational headaches fast.
Hi, folks! I have an attached 2 car carport with only 86" of headroom. I wanted to install a horizontal (sideways) garage door - either motorized or manual (see picture for example). These are all over Asia and Australia, but I can't find a US supplier. Does anyone have a door like this, and may I ask where you got it? I'm in Tucson, AZ and have pretty much exhausted calling around and searching online. Thanks!
I was thinking about using a smart-outlet to power them on to open the lock or even something like a regular front door deadbolt to put a square piece of steel in the way of a roller on each side. Electric would be good. I see a lot of 12v things being sold for hundreds of dollars but 12v in a garage seems like a kludge. 120v would be best as that is what is usually available in our garages. Has anyone mounted a regular manual deadbolt one one, what did your bracket look like? Anyway looking for diy ideas for doing this prior to our next 6 month trip.
Had new Ankmar Regency Series garage doors installed about a week ago. We have noticed that the black weather stripping underneath the garage doors is nearly smashed to the ground. Also, in the middle of the door, it appears that the garage door is sitting right on the concrete garage floor and the weather stripping can't be seen at all. Is this normal installation for this door? Concerned that the door being flat or nearly flat on the concrete floor will damage the garage door over time.
I have 2 door garage having Wayne Dalton 9100 series doors. One of the door is damaged and I want to replace it. Can we get exact same design and pattern door panels? If yes where can I buy it? Both the garage doors should match exactly, otherwise my HOA might send violation notice. Please help!
What would you choose?
I have a 16x7 garage door that needs to be replaced.
The quotes I've gotten from 3 local garage door companies have ranged from $3500 to $4500 for a sandwich door with new belt drive opener. The R values range from 6 to 17 in the 3 quotes I got.
I used Home Depot's garage door design system and selected an R18 sandwich door with a smart belt drive lift and they quoted $2400 with install.
I have this old system that stopped working last week, and I do not have the budget to buy new. I thought all I needed to do was replace batteries on the remote - still doesn’t work (tho indicator lights up so batteries are working). I do not know how to reconnect the two (is the Allister thing called the receiver?) and the user manuals in finding online do not help. The user manual for the remote says I should have a block of switches - I do not see this inside the remote, just a circuit board. The Allister thing is old and spidery and gross and I tried to remove the light cover and it crumbled in my hands 🤮 — I was trying to see if the Allister/receiver/opener (are these all the same thing?) had a switch board but I got the heebie jeebies and decided this was out of my league. This is just…. A lot. https://www.hunker.com/13418615/reprogramming-instructions-for-an-allister-type-iia/
First service guy I called was like “that’s old we have a new system for $600” and didn’t offer to come see it or problem solve. Bummer. Help me - what do I need to do first? None of the instructions online have given me any progress!! 😭💀 and $600 is NOT in the budget right now.
I have two 9x7' garage doors with about 16" space between the rails, are there any major-brand openers that can be mounted in that middle space and handle both doors with independent signals (i.e. two controllers), versus having to install two fully independent openers for the doors?
Prefer to avoid Chaimberlain/MyQ brands because I'll want to tie it into my smart home, home assistant, HomeKit etc and the encryption of MyQ always seems to restrict/cause hassles with options for these integrations.
