[Shop-talk] Garage door openers -- diff question

[Al Fuller]

Tim - Is there any way to keep the water off of the door? Gutters on the 
garage, perhaps?


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Al Fuller
714.335.0248 Mobile


------ Original Message ------
>From "Tim ." <tims_datsun_stuff at outlook.com>
To "Shop Talk" <shop-talk at autox.team.net>
Date 11/21/2025 3:11:13 PM
Subject [Shop-talk] Garage door openers -- diff question

>Another from my somewhat random question file while I wind down 
>recovery from back surgery.....
>
>When we bought this 120+ year old house, the original garage had 
>already been replaced by an extra deep two car garage space. The car 
>door is a segmented two car wide door that had a Wayne Dalton "i drive" 
>opener. It died/failed over 15 years ago when we did not have the money 
>to replace it. (still not sure how we got a mortgage back then when 
>neither of us were making good money)
>
>Anyway, near as I could determine back then between the error code 
>lights and their CS help, the main board got fried when the door froze 
>to the slab. Since the door requires basically no effort to open 
>manually, I never bothered to replace the opener.
>
>Forward all these years, I think it is time to replace the opener. 
>Before I do, here is my question finally:
>
>How TF do I keep the door from freezing to the slab again? I think(?) I 
>can set it to not close all the way. BUT, with the way the weather is 
>here and the amount of freezing rain we get here as well as the temp 
>ups and downs, the "not all the way gap" would need to be too big and 
>would allow wild life in.
>
>Since the boss is the one who gets the indoor parking in the winter (I 
>have to store either the Datto or the old Jeep elsewhere), I don't want 
>her to have to kick the door in the mornings after a storm.
>
>Thoughts please and thanks for reading my verboseness!!
>
>tim
>
>
>
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