Whether you are looking for a replacement opener or a
garage door opener to install in your new or existing
home, your local IDA garage door dealer is the best
source to determine the proper opener for your door!
The majority of garage door openers manufactured in the past ten years have normally had either a 1/3 h.p. or a 1/2 h.p. motor. Although within the past two years some manufacturers started using DC motors and now 3/4 h.p. motors are starting to appear on the market. While it is true that a 1/3 h.p. opener will open most properly balanced garage doors, as the horsepower increases the strain placed on the opener will normally decrease. The most strain is placed on the opener when the opener first begins to start and at the point it stops. The use of a DC motor was utilized to reduce this strain since the speed of a DC motor can be controlled while the motor is running and can be slowed down while the motor is starting or stopping. However, the DC garage door openers tend to be at the top of the door opener price range and hence their use has been somewhat limited in many markets. Ask your local IDA garage door dealer to help you decide which opener will best suit your needs!
Garage door openers from the box home
improvement stores are not built the same as
openers that most IDA garage door dealers carry!
The biggest difference between openers from the home improvement stores and garage door dealers is that most dealers use an opener rail that is made from one 8' or longer continuous piece of material. Since the one piece rails will not fit in many consumers vehicles easily, the box stores carry a three-piece rail only so that the rail can be placed inside a vehicle and taken home. These three-piece rails tend to flex at the splices and place more strain on the opener in some cases while the door is moving. The door opener carriage (part that is connected to the door arm) also will tend to catch and skip as it travels past the spliced sections on some openers as they become worn from the flexing and bowing. Also most retail store openers will only open up to a 7'6 tall door and require another fourth extension piece for a 8' tall door. Professional residential openers have different length one-piece rails for doors up to 10' tall doors. Request a one-piece rail door opener from your local IDA garage door dealer today!
Whether the garage door opener is a chain drive, a
worm screw drive, or a belt drive opener is determined
more by your local market than any other factor.
Most local IDA garage door dealers have access to all three types of garage door openers and will make recommendations of which type will be best suited for your budget, the type of door, and the environmental conditions of the area of where the opener will be used. Although the 1/3 h.p. chain drive openers tend to be at the low end of the price range they also normally carry the shortest warranty on materials. The other types of garage door openers may cost a little more upfront they can have up to a lifetime warranty on motors and/or materials. Ask your local IDA garage door dealer for the best garage door opener value that will suit your budget and needs!
Most IDA garage door dealers carry commercial door
openers for any size commercial and industrial door.
Although commercial door openers work about the same as a residential opener they usually do not have any of the UL 325 built-in safety features that are required on residential openers and therefore are not normally carried in the retail stores that sell to the general public. The standard commercial door operator usually will only have (1) interior three-button station included in the base price and power cords, radio controls, reversing edges, and photo-cells are optional items. While reversing edges and photo-cells are optional they are highly recommended for many safety reasons. If these items are not used then the three-button station should be wired so that the door will only close by maintaining constant pressure on the close button. In addition the three-button station should always be placed within sight of the overhead garage door. The power wiring and the conduit/wiring to the three-button station may require the services of a professional licensed electrician. Contact your local IDA garage door dealer to determine the proper opener for your type of door, type of use, and the industrial environmental conditions that present where the opener will be operating.
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