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

[Al Fuller]

There is a well developed discussion in the following link. One
commercially available suggestion is similar to the heat tape suggested
below.

Link:
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/garage-door-freezes-to-floor.309691/


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Al Fuller

On Fri, Nov 21, 2025, 5:11 PM Brian and Wendy Warrick <maynerdfamily at msn.com>
wrote:

> Thinking totally outside the box, but how about a strip of low wattage
> heat trace cable attached to the concrete where the door contacts it. It
> could be plugged into a thermostat to come on below freezing or a timer to
> come on 1-2 hours before you leave for work and get home.
>
> Maybe they make heat traced garage door seal?
>
> Brian
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> *From:* Shop-talk <shop-talk-bounces at autox.team.net> on behalf of Al
> Fuller <alfuller194 at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Friday, November 21, 2025 4:57 PM
> *To:* Tim . <tims_datsun_stuff at outlook.com>; Shop Talk <
> Shop-talk at autox.team.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [Shop-talk] Garage door openers -- diff question
>
> Tim - Is there any way to keep the water off of the door? Gutters on the
> garage, perhaps?
>
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> ------ 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 been replaced by an extra deep two car garage space.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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