How To Install An Garage Door Opener

Place the opener on a ladder and use scrap lumber to get it at the height you need.

How to install an garage door opener. Follow the manufacturer s instructions to assemble the opener and mount the rail to the header bracket above the door. Lift the power unit. Align the opener s rail with the center of the garage door. Install blocking on the.

Set it securely on top of a stepladder so it s conveniently close to the ceiling. The garage door opener mounting bracket also called the header bracket secures the carriage tube to the wall above the. Installing the garage door opener 1. After that start installing the sensors.

Fix the door bracket in place. Begin by putting together the main assembly. With a safety ring and a steel pin join the free end of the rail with the header bracket. Make sure that the parts list included with your opener matches the.

After that attach the motor to the brackets and verify the rail is perfectly horizontal with a bubble level.