I need a garage door opener. Pic uploaded, not for the queezy.

When we bought our first house we found out almost right away that my wife was pregnant. We had sunk about everything into getting in the house. I was trying to replace a broken spring myself. The spring sent whatever tool I was using through the Sheetrock. It was about that moment that I realized I didn’t have the tools or knowledge. I have not messed with a garage door since and that was 32 years ago.

I ordered a wall mounted Chamberlain. I like the idea of less moving parts, vibration and space savings.

The cost is about twice of a normal ceiling mounted opener. But the price has come down a lot since I looked at something similar a few years ago for my shop.

Thanks for the feedback everyone.

https://www.chamberlain.com/wall-mount-garage-door-opener/p/RJO20

xseler said:

A Chamberlain belt drive with MyQ would be my suggestion. Very quiet. Maintenance free. And the MyQ lets you operate/view status with your cell phone. Extremely satisfied with mine!!

Good luck!

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HoLeChit said:

+1 on that. I have had mine for 5 years, no issues. Its super quiet, the dogs don't even hear when their favorite person ever is pulling in the garage. With the app deal I can check and make sure its closed, open it for people when I am out of town, open it for myself when I don't have an opener on me and forgot my house key, etc. Super handy. Mine has a battery backup, which seems to be good for about 3 open/close cycles. so even if we"re out of power and the old lady needs to get in/out of the garage and we're out of power, she doesn't have to do anything other than operate the door as usual. Pretty great when she's driving home in a hailstorm and we lost power, and I'm not home.

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ifishok said:

Wow we both were thinking and typing about the same thing, it’s like magic.


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thor447 said:

Couldn't agree more. I just swapped out my old 'Overhead Door' model with a Chamberlain belt drive with MyQ about 4 months ago. Couldn't be more pleased with it thus far.

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TwoForFlinching said:

Another for Chamberlain or Liftmaster. Call a local dealer and get the full one piece track model. Belts are quiet, chains last a long dang time. The myQ works with either.

Not sure what's up with overhead door, but we've smoked 5 of them in the 15 years I've been at this company. They just don't last at all anymore.

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Another plug for a Chamberlain belt drive with MyQ, It has been about 33 years now since I had one installed and it is quiet, and works great with the MyQ app.

dlbleak said:

When we bought our first house we found out almost right away that my wife was pregnant. We had sunk about everything into getting in the house. I was trying to replace a broken spring myself. The spring sent whatever tool I was using through the Sheetrock. It was about that moment that I realized I didn’t have the tools or knowledge. I have not messed with a garage door since and that was 32 years ago.

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That same thing put me in the ER one night. 10 stitches and a massive black eye later, I called a pro the next day. 1/2" from loosing my eye. Lucky it hit in my eyebrow line, can't find the stitch holes unless I shave the brow.

dennishoddy said:

We have used craftsman in the past with great success but it in reality
All garage door openers are manufactured by two companies I think with whatever brand they want to attach to it.

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I know Liftmaster and Overhead are the same.

dennishoddy said:

We have used craftsman in the past with great success but it in reality
All garage door openers are manufactured by two companies I think with whatever brand they want to attach to it.

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This is true with very little exception

dlbleak said:

When we bought our first house we found out almost right away that my wife was pregnant. We had sunk about everything into getting in the house. I was trying to replace a broken spring myself. The spring sent whatever tool I was using through the Sheetrock. It was about that moment that I realized I didn’t have the tools or knowledge. I have not messed with a garage door since and that was 32 years ago.

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One of my mentors was un-installing a couple OHD's from an old speedo shop we ended up with. Typically we would would take two 18" to 24" sections of ground rod (being an EC they are always fairly handy) and unwind the springs hand over hand. He thought it would be a lot quicker to jam one jaw of a pair of Channelocks into one of the sockets, loosen the set screws carefully and pop the spool free by smacking the tool loose. Worked on every door but the last one. POW! That tool almost took his index finger clean off. That third bone from the tip busted clean in two and turned inside the flesh 90 degrees. This is the toughest man I know. When he said take me to the ER I knew it serious.

bigfug said:

I know Liftmaster and Overhead are the same.

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Big swing and a miss. Overhead and genie are the same company. Chamberlain is the diy version of liftmaster. Liftmaster is the pro commercial line parent company.

Burned a good opener up once, I didn't realize that one of the springs had broken. I heard about the potential danger involved so I had a guy come out to replace the spring. Good thing I did because the door had the beginnings of a stress fracture and he installed a brace to prevent further damage.