New Garage Door Motor

I don't know if you are planning on replacing the whole door opener or not, but if you are look at the Chamberlain Whisper Drive. I think we got it from Menards and it is a belt drive, as opposed to the chain drive (which can get very loud.) It really is pretty quiet when the door opens.

We've had good luck with Diamond Garage.

If you are going to replace it- I say go with the IDrive made by wayne dalton. It is super quiet and it is awesome. I have had one for 6 years now. I have never had a problem with it and you can buy it at mendards. Here's a link to see what it does and how it works.
http://www.wayne-dalton.com/DirectDrive.asp
It doesn't mount to the ceiling so it takes up way less room in your garage. Hope this helped.

Hello Jennifer
I recomend for you to go to Menard and check there for the Motor.We get our from there and we don't have any problem with that for now. Hope this help you too. But Check sometimes they got good sales there.Thank you And I hope you can solve your problem.

In the Kankakee area I recommend A-Plus Home Improvement by Tousignant. A young man named Travis(I think)recently replaced ours and did an excellent job.

J.

If you live in Chicago you should go local with <a href="http://www.raynordoor.com&quot;&gt;Chicago custom garage doors</a>. You can change about what you do and don't want the garage to have.

Hi Jennifer - You actually have two things to decide: what motor to use and who will install it.

I replaced my garage door motor in Feb. 2007 when the one that came with the house suddenly quit working, so I didn't have the luxury that you are lucky to have of conducting research in advance to decide these things - I just called around and pretty much took whoever was the first company that could get to my house and replace it. The "winner" was a company called Allied Garage Door out of Villa Park, which is pretty far from where I think you are (Round Lake?), but their website at www.allieddoor.com suggests that they work all over Chicagoland.

I don't remember whether I had choices about what motor to use, but Allied sold me a 3/4 horsepower motor from Liftmaster and did a fine job installing it. In addition to being a very quiet motor, it also has an "electric eye" that will stop the door from going down if anything gets in its path. I don't know if that's standard on every door nowadays, but I would think that anyone with young children would want that feature.

I recently experienced a problem where the electric eye didn't seem to be working 100%, so I called Allied, and they said it would be an $89 service call, plus parts and labor, if they came out to fix it since they only warrant their work for a year. As I called around to other garage door installation and repair companies, some said that if they had installed the door, they would come out and fix the problem for free no matter how long ago they did the installation. Just something to maybe look for when you call around to select who will install your door.

Fortunately though, I was able to call Liftmaster's customer support number, and the representative was able to walk me through how to easily fix the problem (i.e., cleaning the electric eye with Windex). So as you select the motor, you might also want to look for one made by a company with accessible customer support.

Good luck,
L.

We have used Superior Overhead Door Co. a couple of times for installation and repairs. They have 24hour service, and have always been friendly, helpful and most of all prompt. Call ###-###-####.

Yes I have a great garage door guy we use at work (property mgmt company). It's Malkmus Garage Door repair and the owner is Mark Malkmus. His family has owned this business for something like 50 years. Anyway he is a little quirky but sooo good and very reasonable. I've called him for 4-5 jobs over the past year and I have yet to find a garage door he couldn't fix.

I'm sorry I don't have his number with me, but you could probably google it. Or send me a message - I can get the # Monday.
;)