Moving on to the last couple phases of my 30x50 building, garage door and electric are next on the list. Garage door is up first.
I'm likely going to have a door company come out install the door. I'd love to do it myself, but lack of time, and nearly every place around here will no longer do cash and carry for user installation. They'll sell a door with installation or nothing. Lemme guess, garage door shortage?
So for simplicity sake, they'll install the door and I need to choose/install my own opener. Door will be standard steel residential style short panel or whatever it's called, with vinyl backed insulation. 16' wide x 10' tall. May or may not have a window on top panel, still deciding. Hope that gives a general idea of weight. Any general guidelines for door opener size for a door this size? All I know about them is they come in various hp sizes 0.5, 1, 1.25, etc.
The current opener in my attached single car garage sounds like a freight train is about to roll through every time it opens and closes. I really despise those loud openers, and I know why it's that loud, because it was probably the cheapest unit on the market in 2007 when they built this house. I've been in some garages (usually upscale) where you can hardly hear the door opening. I like the idea of belt drive and/or DC motor, but not sure they are appropriate for a larger door. Budget is not unlimited, but I value quality/noise over cost if that makes sense.
Any advice from those in the know?
I'm likely going to have a door company come out install the door. I'd love to do it myself, but lack of time, and nearly every place around here will no longer do cash and carry for user installation. They'll sell a door with installation or nothing. Lemme guess, garage door shortage?
So for simplicity sake, they'll install the door and I need to choose/install my own opener. Door will be standard steel residential style short panel or whatever it's called, with vinyl backed insulation. 16' wide x 10' tall. May or may not have a window on top panel, still deciding. Hope that gives a general idea of weight. Any general guidelines for door opener size for a door this size? All I know about them is they come in various hp sizes 0.5, 1, 1.25, etc.
The current opener in my attached single car garage sounds like a freight train is about to roll through every time it opens and closes. I really despise those loud openers, and I know why it's that loud, because it was probably the cheapest unit on the market in 2007 when they built this house. I've been in some garages (usually upscale) where you can hardly hear the door opening. I like the idea of belt drive and/or DC motor, but not sure they are appropriate for a larger door. Budget is not unlimited, but I value quality/noise over cost if that makes sense.
Any advice from those in the know?