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    Quote Originally Posted by jasonu View Post
    If you are planning on doing it yourself look it up on utube. There are plenty of good videos and it really isn't that difficult.
    Pay close attention to tensioning the springs!!!
    Um ... shit no. I'll 'get a man in'. I know my limitations. Don't want the fecking thing falling on Mrs Oakie's head. Oh, hang on ...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Oakie View Post
    That was our original thought, just to get the one most used door done but because the divide is really only there to guide the door and is not structural we had to get both doors at the same time ... or get a large door to cover both.
    so there is already one large beam that goes right across both openings?Not stopping and starting again in the middle?.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Oakie View Post
    Yes, exactly that and the divide is not loadbearing.
    Easy peasy then, get a quote, which will be installed and go for it. Then you get a warranty for door and installation.
    Don,t even think about installing a new door yourself, you will save fuck all and struggle about putting the whole lot up.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BMWST? View Post
    so there is already one large beam that goes right across both openings?Not stopping and starting again in the middle?.
    Correct. Good solid beam. The divide is just a strip of steel designed to guide the doors rather than give any structural support.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Berries View Post
    We had temporarily misplaced the key for the normal door that was our only other way in.
    Well that wasn't terribly bright. Did you not have a spare?

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    Quote Originally Posted by jellywrestler View Post
    that's no fault of the door though is it?
    Never suggested that it was. Just offering a note to someone with as much experience of electric garage doors that I had.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Berries View Post
    Power cut. Can you still get in to the garage to open it manually from inside?

    The door i have has got battery back up in motor...enough to open garage door a couple of times when electricity is off.....
    I suppose that this is the new norm...?
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    Quote Originally Posted by awayatc View Post
    The door i have has got battery back up in motor...enough to open garage door a couple of times when electricity is off.....
    I suppose that this is the new norm...?
    Don't know. Don't recall seeing anything about battery backup although I wasn't looking at the accessories much.
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    We had 3 old and not very functional tilt doors replaced with sectionals by Ashton garage doors, they were the only ones who were sensible about sorting out something workable with low ceiling height and the alterations to the openings that were needed to make things fit.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Oakie View Post
    Don't know. Don't recall seeing anything about battery backup although I wasn't looking at the accessories much.
    just a standard feature with my "Merlin whisper drive"....it beeps when it opens when electricity is off, and goes a bit slower...but opens none the less
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