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Garage Door Opener Installation

Bob meets up with Ryley, who is installing a Craftsman garage door opener. Ryley starts out by pointing out the best place to start a project is with the instructions. They begin by setting up the track and mounting it to the wall over the door on one side and to the rafters on the motor side. The opener has an infrared sensor that stops the door from closing when an object is in the garage door's way. This was a new feature when the show originally aired.

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Garage Door Opener Installation

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" What do you put together first?"

" The first thing I'm looking for are the direction, here we go. I'd say this track but I'm going open this up and find out."

" Yup."

" The track. The track."

" Okay."

" Alright."

" Alright. So that is the what? The T?"

" Let finishes up the T-rail."

" The T-rail."

" What's next?"

" Okay. Now, this is the trolley."

" Oh yeah"

" Just slips right on the end there."

" Okay."

" All the way to your end and so I can attach it to the motor now. Right?"

" Already to the motor, yeah."

" Yeah."

" And the main thing is to make sure you're using the right fasteners to the right bolts and knots in the right places."

" That's right."

" Careful reading of the instructions."

" Alright, that's good and tight."

" Okay."

" Ready to take it over?"

" Ready to put it right up."

" Yup."

" Now if you doing this all by yourself,"

" a sawhorse comes in handy, doesn't it."

" It sure does."

" I got one right here."

" Buddy, how do you figure out exactly where to position the mounting bracket at that end?"

" Well, what I did is open up the door to find out its highest point when it is elevated."

" So."

" Took a level and made a mark over here where that is and then put the mounting bracket 2 inches above that spot"

" As per"

" Mounted unto it. A 2 x 4 nail unto the frame."

" Okay."

" So this just attaches to the mounting bracket with this clives pin here, which is just a steel pin that goes through."

" The hole in the end."

" The holes in the bracket? "

" Could you swing to your left about a foot, Bob."

" Good. Okay."

" Alright."

" And you secure that in and a ring."

" There's a little ring that comes with it."

" Okay, now over at this end, now we wanna lift it up."

" You bring a ladder."

" Yeah."

" Go ahead."

" Okay."

" Now. Is it a problem that they haven't put the plaster up yet, the ceiling, the wallboard hasn't gone up."

" No. That's gonna help us because we can see where the joints are and we'd be sure to attach it properly."

" Okay. Let's get the angles then."

" Okay. Bob could you open the door please."

" Here we go."

" Yeah. All the way we're gonna put this up, as recommended we put a 2 x 4 right on top of the door."

" Just as the spacer?"

" As a spacer. Exactly and that gives us the right pitch for this where the motor wants to be."

" Now, it doesn't have to be perfectly leveled. It has to be a little a bit."

" Right. So the door pitches back in this direction, exactly."

" Now we'll just take these metal brackets that are gonna hold it up and okay I can see that has to be cut."

" One goes on either side."

" That's right."

" We will cut this one right there and then this one will be cut. We will just just take 2 inches out of that."

" Okay."

" And we will do that with a hacksaw."

" Alright, so the 2 brackets that come in the kit have to be cut and shaped to size depending on whether you're going right onto a ceiling choice or on onto the strapping or how you're attaching it really."

" What's next Bud?"

" Once we have got this on, we're ready to put on the chain. Here you go."

" Alright."

" It's gonna take a little bit of time putting this on."

" Okay. That will take about half an hour to get all the wires together. Do you think it's ready?"

" It should be."

" Let's give it a try."

" Success."

" Great."

" Now the interesting thing about this garage door opener is that we have a new type of safety device which is a beam of light that really goes from this side to the other side and if you break it, see that little green light goes off."

" What you're doing is, I'll bring it down, what you're doing is sending that door back on. If the kid walks under it, you don't have to come into contact with it. You break the beam of light and it automatically reverses."

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