Gate Opener: Electric Garage Doors

Open the garage door, please, Hal! The day your trusty garage-door opener decides to call it quits while you’re sitting in the driveway — or even worse, sitting in the garage trying to leave — you’ll taste the same betrayal astronaut David Bowman FREMONT, Calif., Jan. 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Having an electric garage door opener is a nice convenience. But this being 2015, it doesn't make full use of modern technology. Photo - photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20150116/169620 Logo - http Q: What are some of the things you worked on here? A: I was head of the group that revised the [automatic] garage door standard a number of years ago to include the newer requirements for electric eyes that can sense when anyone or anything is in the path Western Lake Superior Habitat for Humanity also coordinated with Overhead Door Co. of Duluth to install a new electric garage door. Submitted by Brooke Tapp, Western Lake Superior Habitat for Humanity program manager. 3. Deer harvest up slightly in Many people in the Milwaukee area would call Nelson lucky after last week's combination of rain followed by a freeze knocked out automatic garage door openers. Jerry Herbst, owner of Cedarburg Overhead Door Co., said he is fielding three times as many Radio system testing at Fort Gordon is affecting many homeowners specifically, their garage doors. Automatic garage doors operating in the 380 to 399.9 megahertz range may no longer operate properly, which could force some to pay out of pocket to get it fixed. .

Anne Sutardji and Brian Rockermann of Fremont, CA, have brought the standard garage door opener up to date. Utilizing smartphone applications and standard WiFi, they have developed a new type of door opener that has myriad features. It's called Sesame and I cannot close the door using the automatic garage-door opener or the keypad. The only way I can close the door is to press and hold down the indoor wall-mounted control. If I release it before the door is completely closed, it stops in mid-descent. Q: It’s high time I install an automatic garage door opener. I have a two-car garage with a metal door in hinged sections. How do I get started? A: For your door, I recommend buying a one-half-horsepower opener. Home centers stock three types: a chain AN automatic garage door opener, operated from inside the car, not only eliminates the need to get out on a rainy or windy night but also is widely regarded as an important safety feature, especially for people who arrive home alone at night. You can drive .