Garage Door Opener

Garage door openers enable you to open and close your garage door quickly and easily. They have a variety of features so they can properly address your needs. Garage door openers can be operated by keyless entry, which is a keypad, or by a remote either handheld like a TV remote, smartphone or a remote that is built into your vehicle for easy push button access.

Openers come with various horsepower, which of course, impact the size door and the weight they can lift time and time again. The most popular sizes are the 1/3, ½ and ¾ horsepower. The more horsepower the opener has, the larger the door it can lift. Garage Door. Openers operates on alternating-current (AC)  or direct-current (DC).

There are several leading manufacturers who make garage door openers, such as Genie, Marantec, Linear, Liftmaster, Chamberlain, Craftsman, Sommer, etc. To ensure longevity of your product, you need to make sure you choose a garage door opener that is able to withstand your garage door. As an example, the smaller 1/3 horsepower opener is sufficient for the lightweight aluminum residential garage door, but it won’t work as well with the commercial sized steelback garage doors.