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[pscocoa]

My in laws are struggling with age to open and close the garage door - I am thinking of installing a remote operating system for them. Before I go out and splash the cash - does anyone have any views on doing this more cost effectively than £4-500.

The door they have has a canopy system which is the most difficult to convert I understand.

[Kevin Wood]

You need a Cardale Autoglide. Excellent bit of kit. Just replaces one of the side runners. Fitted mine in about an hour and 4 1/2 years later it's still doing a great job with the occasional tweak. Much better than trying to bodge a ceiling mounted opener onto a canopy door.

http://www.electricgatestore.co.uk/Garage-Door_Automation_Kits_and_Accessories.aspx

Kevin

[TheBoy]

Or convert to other type - luckily the builder of my house put on this type, so a £150 opener from Screwfix has been faultless, even when that hooligan Omegatoy attacked it with my angle grinder

The arm things for canopy ones are bloody awful!

[pscocoa]

You need a Cardale Autoglide. Excellent bit of kit. Just replaces one of the side runners. Fitted mine in about an hour and 4 1/2 years later it's still doing a great job with the occasional tweak. Much better than trying to bodge a ceiling mounted opener onto a canopy door.

http://www.electricgatestore.co.uk/Garage-Door_Automation_Kits_and_Accessories.aspx



Kevin

Thanks - the Cardale is £400 though. Will give it some thought.

[Kevin Wood]

You need a Cardale Autoglide. Excellent bit of kit. Just replaces one of the side runners. Fitted mine in about an hour and 4 1/2 years later it's still doing a great job with the occasional tweak. Much better than trying to bodge a ceiling mounted opener onto a canopy door.

http://www.electricgatestore.co.uk/Garage-Door_Automation_Kits_and_Accessories.aspx



Kevin

Thanks - the Cardale is £400 though. Will give it some thought.

Ah, sorry. Misread your post and thought the budget was 4-500.

As said, trying to bodge a ceiling mounted opener onto it will be a waste of time. Perhaps a cheap up-and-over door and opener would come in cheaper if fitted on a DIY basis. :-/

Kevin

[Omegatoy]

Or convert to other type - luckily the builder of my house put on this type, so a £150 opener from Screwfix has been faultless, even when that hooligan Omegatoy attacked it with my angle grinder

The arm things for canopy ones are bloody awful!

OI,
It was very carefully removed from the system, very gently bent to shape, then merely caressed with the angle grinder to ensure a proper fit in the depths of you engine, it was then lovingy returned to original shape, and carefully bolted back into the garage opening system, merely requiring a lick of paint and no one would ever have know it was a lucky piece of metal that had had two distinct and seperate lives, one extremely boring just pulling the door open and one that was very very excitng where it became a precsion tool which cost a fortune!!!  

[Debs.]

When I read the thread title I imagined "Electric Garage Doors"; as in: "Electric Fence".......now, that would be secure!

[pscocoa]

Or convert to other type - luckily the builder of my house put on this type, so a £150 opener from Screwfix has been faultless, even when that hooligan Omegatoy attacked it with my angle grinder

The arm things for canopy ones are bloody awful!

OI,
It was very carefully removed from the system, very gently bent to shape, then merely caressed with the angle grinder to ensure a proper fit in the depths of you engine, it was then lovingy returned to original shape, and carefully bolted back into the garage opening system, merely requiring a lick of paint and no one would ever have know it was a lucky piece of metal that had had two distinct and seperate lives, one extremely boring just pulling the door open and one that was very very excitng where it became a precsion tool which cost a fortune!!!  

Maybe Omegatoy could go round to my in-laws gaff, practice his skills, and then I can get an insurance claim through for vandalism - with the door damaged this could be an open and shut case.