Automatic Door Opener

[Pumba]

Ok peoples I have a gaurage, see pictures, but the issue is that it has a tilt a door on it. Now I have been looking at replacing the door with a sectional door so I dont have to park my car so many metres away from the shead in order to get my bike out.

The real question is do I also put a Garage Door Opener on it at the same time or is it a bit of a waste of time.

Comments and opinions welcomed

[Cajun]

personally i would put door opener, means when ya get home just push button and ride bike straight in garage, i mean an electric door opener is only gonna add a couple more hundred to price at max.

[Magua]

If it tilts, it's not ideal Neil.

Put one on, it's handy when you're feeling lazy.

[shafty]

no brainer...
Tip: Ours is a Guardian and the remotes are about the size of a matchbox - easier to mount on a bike or fit in a jacket pocket versus the big ones (cig packet size)

[Squeak the Rat]

Strange days.......

Go with the opener if you can afford it. You don't have to get off/on the bike when leaving or entering. Wubbery.

But you are still going to have to park a wee bit away from the door to get the bike around the car no?

[dnos]

Find a buxom blond lass to open the door for ya, and mebbe do the laundry and cook dinner while your out riding.
Hrmmmm, that will probably turn out to be a much more expensive option.
OK buy the push button doohickey.

[crashe]

Strange days.......

Go with the opener if you can afford it. You don't have to get off/on the bike when leaving or entering. Wubbery.

But you are still going to have to park a wee bit away from the door to get the bike around the car no?

Mate you leave the car out on the driveway..... over to the side.......


Then you push the door opener..... and ride the bike straight into the middle of the garage......

[Disco Dan]

some garage door openers are not very 'secure'. ...I have heard of people going to mitre10 and buying a couple of new remotes and driving up and down the streets pressing the buttons.. theres not too many combinations and sooner or later your door will open... bye bye bike. Most people also forget to put a movement sensor in the garage hooked up to their house alarm system.

If your going to do it, I would also think about putting two deadbolt/padlocks on the door - but then you cant be lazy and just press the button, you would have to unbolt them first.

Doesnt take much to get off your bike and unlock your garage door, and then open it. Keep things simple.

The clever part of security - actually make it hard for people to enter your garage. Because once their in, they have all your tools to get your bike locks etc off...

[ManDownUnder]

If the power is reliable then yes.

When the power goes off you can't open the door without getting inside and "releasing it". Once that's done, securing the garage is an issue.

That being said - I'd put one on personally. we have one at home and it's great

[MSTRS:Me]

Def. go with the opener. So much less fuss, and it doubles as the lock. Only problem is in a powercut - if you don't have a side door.

[imdying]

'Powercut' is a bonus when you're on holiday, just pull the plug on it

[vifferman]

Do I also put a Garage Door Opener on it at the same time or is it a bit of a waste of time.

Yeah, do it. It would be silly not to.

Then add one of these to your bike (magic door opener button):

[vifferman]

Mate you leave the car out on the driveway..... over to the side.......


Then you push the door opener..... and ride the bike straight into the middle of the gargre......

Yeah, I do that.
The opener on my bike will work from up to 100 metres away, whereas the ones for the car (exact same remotes, but surrounded by car hide) work only when the car is right in front of the gargre. When I come home on the bike, the door's nearly open before I get to it. (Apart from this one time two weeks ago, when I took the long way round, and unbeknown to me, my wife was waiting outside the door, and couldn't understand why it started to come down again for no reason...)

[Motu]

You haven't learnt much living in Auckland - I'd have two slide bolts entering into the concrete drive with matching key Abus locks,I'd also have two internal locks and two box section slide bars across the door.Park you car as close to the door as possible.I like to keep my bikes and gear in my shed....

[Pumba]

Find a buxom blond lass to open the door for ya, and mebbe do the laundry and cook dinner while your out riding.
Hrmmmm, that will probably turn out to be a much more expensive option.
OK buy the push button doohickey.

Yea thought about that idea but I did the maths and long term I think the meachanical opener would be cheaper, and if the mechanical one wears out I could probaly replace it.

Mate you leave the car out on the driveway..... over to the side.......


Then you push the door opener..... and ride the bike straight into the middle of the garage......

You got the idea

some garage door openers are not very 'secure'.

Doesnt take much to get off your bike and unlock your garage door, and then open it. Keep things simple.

Yea but have you ever tried to get into a locked tilt a door, trust my gaurage is not the most secure place in the world as it is, and as for getting of the bike and unlocking crap that is what I am doing now, but I have to park the bike, find my keys, go through the graden gate, unlock the mandoor, open the tilt a door, put bike in.

Def. go with the opener. So much less fuss, and it doubles as the lock. Only problem is in a powercut - if you don't have a side door.

Side door yea ive got one of them.

So the general feeling im geting is that if im lasy and like lifes covieniences (which I am and do) I should go for it.