electrric roller garage door

[realspeed]

I am a very happy chappie. Our electric roller garage doors are opened via a small key fob. Well the battery in the fob died. so ordered new batteries which have just come.
The problem was the installation company had locked the reciever panel with a series of correct button pushes. To call them out last time cost £40, so I thought it can't be that hard.

Good old internet to the rescue yet again. one person had posted how to do it in a video with exactly the same system as we have.
So with the new battery in the key fob and going to the receiver panel it was easy following the instructions on my Andriod pad
at the end of the instructions it even showed how to lock thereceiver again.

 

[Nikon f1.8]

Yup
good old internet, especially YouTube for getting info on a variety of subjects.

 

[Dave Canon]

When my battery failed, I was concerned as it seemed that installing a new battery would reset the remote. From the internet it seemed that you could reprogramme the remote from another remote. I had ensured that the other remote was hardly used and thus fine. It all worked fine.

Dave

 

[joxby]

Not had a remote flat yet, I have had flat obstruction sensors though....every 3 months....which is a pain..

 

[Dave Canon]

Not had a remote flat yet, I have had flat obstruction sensors though....every 3 months....which is a pain..

The main unit I have including the obstruction sensors are mains powered.

Dave

 

[Mr Bump]

oh yoo tube has all kinds of s*** to help out is amazing
my whole leccy door panel went faulty i found a few vids and replaced the whole thing with a 3rd party panel for about £60
the actual manufactures wanted £400 for panel and professional install

 

[JonathanRyan]

I had a problem with my garage door. It would cost then reopen then stop partly open.

After hours of fiddling and YouTube, I called an expert. He was driving so called me back 10 mins later. He then spent 20 minutes talking me through the process of weighing the door

"Is the controller blue or black? Ok then it's this button...."

"Now it will close and open 3 times. The third will be faster and it will be fixed "

Garage doors are very complicated...... Some experts really are with the money. Also, he didn't charge me. When I asked if he had an annual service plan he said "no, your door doesn't need one".....

 

[Dave Canon]

The first power door I had, I bought from Wickes and a customer comment on their website suggested that this item was unsuitable for the average DIY person and required electrical and mechanical skills. Being confident and qualified particularly with electrical, I decided to take it on as it would be a huge saving. The electrical side was easy but mechanically fitting the device required significant mechanical construction. Once fitted the door opening had to be sent through a cycle 3 times so it could learn the necessary torque curve. This system then worked fine and I only replaced it after ten years because it was an up and over door and I wanted a roller door (much safer with children about).

Dave

 

[realspeed]

We did away with up and over doors 3/4 years ago. Having the roller ones operated remotely save having to get out of the car first.
Having them x2 supplied and fitted was not as expensive as originally thought

 

[boogie man]

We did away with up and over doors 3/4 years ago. Having the roller ones operated remotely save having to get out of the car first.

You can also park closer to the garage because you haven’t got to leave room for the up and over door going outwards.

We had ours swapped out for a roller type last summer, mostly because the old (original to the house) U&O door was bashed , dented and in desperate need of a repaint. Having spent weeks stripping and repainting the much smaller U&O door at our old place I knew I’d lose the will to live if I tried tackling the one at our new house.