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| energy saving garage doors | 11/23/2009 | Mike Whitacre |
Q: I am planning to buy new garage doors for the house. I read about a tax credit return if the doors ...
A: The tax credit you refer to, in the garage door line means the door has to meet a certain insulation ...
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| swinging garage doors | 11/21/2009 | Mike Whitacre |
Q: I am taking out an 18 foot garage door, and replacing it with a 9 foot opening with two swinging ...
A: Not to sound rude, but why would you want swinging doors. I grew up on a farm with swinging doors ...
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| Garage Door not going Up | 11/15/2009 | Mike Whitacre |
Q: Hey Mike, I have a genie 1/2 Screw Drive. It will not go up and makes a loud buzzing noise. I can ...
A: The black carrier that moves the door up and down the rail is bad, The teeth that meets the worm are ...
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| Garage Door Key Pad Opener | 11/12/2009 | Mike Whitacre |
Q: Our key pad quit working when we replaced the battery. I do not have a manual to determine how to ...
A: You got me. I never liked Stanley, never dealt with Stanley and Stanley is no longer producing ...
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| Garage door bottom seal | 11/9/2009 | Mike Whitacre |
Q: When door has been closed for 3+ hours..when you open the door,it bangs/bumps for a few seconds and ...
A: Take your finger, after the door has been down for the proper allotted time, and push your finger ...
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| garage door | 11/8/2009 | Mike Whitacre |
Q: My garage door shuts and then goes back up I have to shut it a couple of times before it stays down. ...
A: There are a lot of possiblities here. The first thing to do is disconnect the opener in a down ...
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| Garage door bottom seal | 11/6/2009 | Mike Whitacre |
Q: When door has been closed for 3+ hours..when you open the door,it bangs/bumps for a few seconds and ...
A: It is not the bottom seal sticking to the concrete but the perimeter seal sticking to the surface of ...
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| Adding paneling to garage door | 10/30/2009 | Mike Whitacre |
Q: Mike, When my house was built, it was spec'd that the garage door would have a paneling similar to ...
A: To be honest , I am not sure of a particular product used by the manufacturers to adhere the vynle ...
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| Adding paneling to garage door | 10/28/2009 | Mike Whitacre |
Q: Mike, When my house was built, it was spec'd that the garage door would have a paneling similar to ...
A: Is the door exterior real wood,(fir, ceader,oak), masonite vineer, or steel of some type? Need to ...
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| Garage door opener wont close | 10/23/2009 | Mike Whitacre |
Q: This morning, I close garage as it go down about 1/7 way and bound back. The machine had been ...
A: First, if your repair man was licensed in your state and was a certified door repairman, I would ...
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| replacing transmitter and receiver | 10/15/2009 | Mike Whitacre |
Q: I’ve got an old Genie garage door opener (Genie Pro 82 1/3HP Screw Drive Motor, Genie radio receiver ...
A: There are several universal transmitters on the market, most can be purchased from area garage door ...
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| Genie Garage Door Problem | 10/9/2009 | Mike Whitacre |
Q: Mike, I do not have a light on the Red safety beam. I checked the wiring and it seems to be OK but ...
A: Take both cells loose from the mting brackets as well as from the screws on the cells. Then fasten 2 ...
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| Garage Door Rubber Seal gasket | 10/5/2009 | Mike Whitacre |
Q: Mike, My home was built in 1966, and the wooden overhead garage door is the original. The lift ...
A: You do have a dinosour. If you had a service man fix your 40 year old opener, tell him to contact ...
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| opener code | 10/4/2009 | Mike Whitacre |
Q: Last year I changed the code on the digital opener on my garage door wall unit, and want to change ...
A: You got me a little stumped since you have not given me a brand or manufacturer name. I will assume ...
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| adjusting craftsman door opener | 9/26/2009 | Mike Whitacre |
Q: I just moved into a new home and the previous owner had disconnected the door opener. I have been ...
A: First, I have recieved only one picture of a chamberlain brand opener. Second, disconnect the opener ...
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| Powerlift wr827 model | 9/25/2009 | Mike Whitacre |
Q: I have a Powerlift wr827 model and it does not have the reverse security protection feature. I have ...
A: Photo-cells are safety cells mted to the wall @ 6" off the floor near the verticle door tracks. Post ...
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| Powerlift wr827 model | 9/25/2009 | Mike Whitacre |
Q: I have a Powerlift wr827 model and it does not have the reverse security protection feature. I have ...
A: If the unit you have does not have photo-cells as a part of the opener, than nothing can bring it to ...
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| Garage door sideways shift | 9/24/2009 | Mike Whitacre |
Q: I have a 5 year old Clopay brand, extension spring garage door, paired with a Genie opener. One day ...
A: If this is a 10' wide or wider door, I would suggest upgrading to torsion type springs. If the door ...
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| Safe-T-Beam System Problem | 9/15/2009 | Mike Whitacre |
Q: Our dog pulled a wire out of the old Safety Beam System. I reconnected it, but couldn't get the two ...
A: When you say SafeTBeam you mean a Geni system? Either way, some safty cells are color coded, meaning ...
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| Garage door sideways shift | 9/13/2009 | Mike Whitacre |
Q: I have a 5 year old Clopay brand, extension spring garage door, paired with a Genie opener. One day ...
A: If the springs and sheave wheels(cable idlers) have not been replace in the last 5 to 7 years, I ...
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| garage door adjustment | 9/3/2009 | Mike Whitacre |
Q: I want to have a door opener installed but the installer wants the door adjusted 1st, so that it ...
A: My lube of choice is simply WD40. If the door open's and closes smoothly and will stop and sit @ the ...
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| garage door adjustment | 9/2/2009 | Mike Whitacre |
Q: I want to have a door opener installed but the installer wants the door adjusted 1st, so that it ...
A: The first thing you need to know is so overlooked, a garage door opener does nothing more than you ...
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| Wayne Dalton Quantum | 8/11/2009 | Mike Whitacre |
Q: I have a Wayne Dalton Quantum 3212 and we had a lighting strike nearby. We had other electronics ...
A: You probably have had a surge problem with the lightening strike. If the door goes down by holding ...
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| Genie garage door opener | 8/10/2009 | Mike Whitacre |
Q: My wife and I just purchased a home with with previously installed Genie garage door openers (2). ...
A: I am going to assume you have a worm or screw type drive opener, with a black carriage attached to ...
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| Shaky Gargage Door | 7/28/2009 | Mike Whitacre |
Q: My garage door is 22 years old. It often (but not always) shakes violently from side to side as it ...
A: I am going to assume you hae stetch type spings that extend over the backtrack of your garage door. ...
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| garage door wont close | 7/28/2009 | Mike Whitacre |
Q: my friend has his garage door stuck all the way up and the door wont close when he pushes the ...
A: The first thing to do is check for electric in the electric outlet. Use a hairdryer or electric ...
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| Remote Opener re-coding | 7/15/2009 | Mike Whitacre |
Q: I have a "Moore O-Matic", Ultra -Lift, model 700-J garage door opener. I need to change the code for ...
A: This is an older unit with the receiver, i believe , is a black @ 4 x 4 box on the rear of the unit. ...
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| Stanley ut300 garage opener: Only works randomly | 5/20/2009 | Randy MacDonald |
Q: Good Day The opener works randonly both on the push button or remotes. There is a wire that hangs ...
A: that wire is an antenna and should just hang down. I would look at the wiring harness to make sure ...
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| wireless unit reprogramming problem | 5/19/2009 | Randy MacDonald |
Q: I have a Wayne Dalton-installed "Quantum" opener, with a wireless external touchpad transmitter. I ...
A: I'm not very well versed in the Wayne Dalton products . But that being said I would try a car ...
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| How much play should there be in a garage door? | 5/13/2009 | Randy MacDonald |
Q: We recently had two steel insulated garage doors installed at our house. They also installed trim ...
A: There should be 1/4" to 3/8" of space from the wall. When you push on the door from the outside the ...
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| garage door | 5/4/2009 | Randy MacDonald |
Q: I just installed a garage door opener,1/3 Professional Line LIftmaster. Why is it that the travel ...
A: You can't bypass the system . Check to make sure the photo lights on the tracks are lined up and ...
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| garage door | 5/2/2009 | Randy MacDonald |
Q: I just installed a garage door opener,1/3 Professional Line LIftmaster. Why is it that the travel ...
A: Were the lightblubs flashing when it reversed? If so it's in the safety system. Are the green light ...
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| garage door | 5/1/2009 | Randy MacDonald |
Q: I just installed a garage door opener,1/3 Professional Line LIftmaster. Why is it that the travel ...
A: first thought is , your turning the correct limit screws on the side of the opener not the rear ( ...
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| shrink an opening to fit | 4/21/2009 | Randy MacDonald |
Q: how can i shrink a garage door opening to fit a new standard size garage door? my garage door is an ...
A: As I see it , you have 2 choices. You can frame the top down ( easiest ) to fit a 10 x 7 door which ...
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| garage door opener | 4/16/2009 | Randy MacDonald |
Q: We have a Wayne Dalton garage door opener. About 2 years old. Whenever we hit or tap the motor, ...
A: Don't tap the motor ? But seriously, my first guess would be to look for a broken wire or loose ...
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| Garage door opener | 4/8/2009 | Randy MacDonald |
Q: We got hit by lighting nearby and then our garage door opener doesn't work. Is there a fuse in it? ...
A: sorry there is not a fuse in your opener. Most likely it's the board that fried . You can replace ...
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| Lubrication | 3/28/2009 | Randy MacDonald |
Q: I have lived in my home for 10 yrs and haven't done a thing to my garage door. Should I be ...
A: Yes you should use a silicone lube on the roller shafts and if the rollers have bearings use a oil ...
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