Choose a motor type to match your needs i e.
Fitting electric motor to garage door.
Hold down the close button for 6 seconds until it beeps run the door down until you get a nice close on the floor event press set.
If you have low headroom.
Automating a sectional garage door virtually all sectional doors can be motorised unless as per point 1 the door is in a sorry state.
Roll up the door until the mark is visible.
Use the ata gdo.
In this case we use the ata gdo 6 easy roller gen2 with a light for an internal garage door.
Attach the rail to the motor compartment.
We show you how to fit a motor to a roller door.
Secure the screws through the door curtain and into the drum wheel at the end of each roll.
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.
Install the pulley at end of rail opposite the motor compartment.
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.
Step by step video instruction how to fit roller garage doors by birkdale.
Then lift the door about half a turn from the closed position to give you enough room to drill.
We need to reset the limits again this determines the top open position and closed position of your garage door when open or shut.
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.
Lock it onto the motor by pulling the chord plug the motor into power.
Now the door is pinned you can install the motor.