Garage door opener.

Walkin Horse · Apr 10, 2015

I have an old 16' garage door opener. I closed my garage on the house and made a pool room out of it.

I saved the opener. Has anybody repurposed one for anything. I'm open to ideas. I hate to throw it away but I won't use it for a garage.

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pohorsky · Apr 11, 2015

I haven't, but I would imagine you could make an electric gate opening for a roly gate.

byronlj · Apr 11, 2015

I have an extra opener also. Looking for ideas. One I have is using it for a lightweight lift for my attic.
Dave

ddbackhoe · Apr 11, 2015

Walkin Horse said:
I have an old 16' garage door opener. I closed my garage on the house and made a pool room out of it.

I saved the opener. Has anybody repurposed one for anything. I'm open to ideas. I hate to throw it away but I won't use it for a garage.

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push button stall doors

davesl708 · Apr 11, 2015

Do you have any out buildings you could put a roll-up door on?

MFWD · Apr 11, 2015

Hello,
I have seen one used as a dumbwaiter. You set it on end and build a platform around the carrier......then you set your groceries on the platform, hit the raise button and your groceries go to the second floor. You need to have two closets that are right above each other for this to be an easy job. Otherwise you need to fabricate the tunnel (like an elevator shaft).

MFWD

The Suburban Farmer · Apr 11, 2015

How about:

A shooting range target retriever?
Move a 3-D archery target for in-motion shooting?
A gate opener?
Roof/window opener for a greenhouse?
A light-duty hoist to raise/lower a storage shelf in the garage?
Raise and lower a projector screen in the media room?
Create moving holiday decorations (Halloween witch on a broom?)
Flagpole / antenna raiser?
Automatic attic steps?

bigtiller · Apr 11, 2015

I know a guy that built a 3 sided greenhouse onto the south side of his garage. He suspended a 16x8 garage door over the glass panels of the roof and rigged a garage door opener to open or close it when bad weather was coming.