Members groutt Posted January 8, 2008 Members Share Posted January 8, 2008 Mine is losing it's will to open. Normally I'd just go to Sears, but Sears ain't what it used to be. What should I get? Single wide generic door, code button box outside, sensor so it doesn't squish our stupid cat, has a light, and like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rummy Posted January 8, 2008 Members Share Posted January 8, 2008 I got a Craftsman from Sears. I believe it has lifetime warranty, 'cause it's Craftsman. Home Depot has Genie brand, and I don't know if it's any good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members catphish Posted January 8, 2008 Members Share Posted January 8, 2008 I just got a new one. Went with Liftmaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mike fitzwell Posted January 8, 2008 Members Share Posted January 8, 2008 I've got 3 Genie screw drives from Home Depot. They're great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMS Author Craig Vecchione Posted January 8, 2008 CMS Author Share Posted January 8, 2008 I got a Craftsman from Sears. I believe it has lifetime warranty, 'cause it's Craftsman. Home Depot has Genie brand, and I don't know if it's any good. Craftsman hand tools have a lifetime warranty. Everything else has a different limited warranty. GDO's have a lifetime limited warranty for the motor only, 1 year for the rest of the unit. Sears sells Genie and Chamberlain as does Home Depot and Lowes. I've had a pair of 1/2hp Genie screw-drive units in daily use since 1998 with no problems. The most important issue is making sure the door itself is balanced properly and the tracks are well lubed. If the door doesn't open smoothly and with little lift effort, nearly any GDO will fail prematurely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mike fitzwell Posted January 8, 2008 Members Share Posted January 8, 2008 The screw drive openers are really easy to install as well. I did all three without any help from anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gspointer Posted January 8, 2008 Members Share Posted January 8, 2008 The belt drive Chamberlains are a piece of cake to do solo also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members g.ghost Posted January 8, 2008 Members Share Posted January 8, 2008 Is it totally dead or just slow to lift? Try disconnecting the motor from the door and make sure the door goes up and down smoothly by hand. You can adjust the "up" force on the motor on most units to counteract weak springs and binding doors to some extent. You should see if your springs are still in good shape and lubricate the wheels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ec437 Posted January 8, 2008 Members Share Posted January 8, 2008 I've got 3 Genie screw drives from Home Depot. They're great. What you failed to mention, however, was that you don't use them in your garage. You use them on those cows you used to call avatars:freak: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members groutt Posted January 8, 2008 Author Members Share Posted January 8, 2008 The belt drive Chamberlains are a piece of cake to do solo also. Cool. Bought one at Sears on sale at lunch. Belt drive, wireless keypad, 2 remotes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members groutt Posted January 11, 2008 Author Members Share Posted January 11, 2008 Oh yeah... it's a sweet unit. Quieter, faster, works all the time. I'm going to hook up the remote from the old one to our fog machine. You know, for the kids. 10 months till Halloween. I think maybe I can do it in time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Incubitabus Posted January 11, 2008 Members Share Posted January 11, 2008 to recount a recent story i read about an encounter with a Sears "garage door specialist": "Hubby and I had to have the garage door repaired. The Sears Repairman told us that one of our problems was that we did not have a 'large' enough motor on the opener. I thought for a minute, and said that we had the largest one Sears made at that time, a 1/2 horsepower. He shook his head and said 'Lady, you need a 1/4 horsepower.' I responded that 1/2 was larger than 1/4. He said, 'NO, it's not. Four is larger than two.' We haven't used Sears repair since." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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