Solving Garage Door Low Head Room Issues with Quick Turn Hinges instead of Super Sneaky
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For today's project, I show you how I solved a low head room issue utilizing quick turn brackets or hinges.. This is an alternative to the expensive proprietary super sneaky versions
Perfect,simple,inexpensive solution.Easy to find the parts locally so no down-time. All the thinking is done for us. Thank you for sharing Mr. Streeter ! Please post more fixes and ignore the grumps who complain !
Glad it helped!
Genius! I love it when people come up with a simple solution to a problem. Now that is an idea that gives perfect meaning to "thinking outside the box".
Thanks! Hopefully it helps you out.
@@StreetersGarage I did the modification to my hinges today, worked like a charm. Thanks again for posting your idea.
You got it.
You are pretty sharp. Nice solution. Yes I watched the entire thing. LOL. Wow some people…
Thanks! It’s amazing how so many people got so angry. 🤣
Just wanted to say thanks for this video! I did it just as you laid it out and it worked flawless.
That’s great!
This is my first garage,first garage door,first time dealing with LHR conversion kits etc!
FROM THE LOOKS OF IT,YOU SAVED ME LOTS OF HEADACHE!!
Alright, Alright, Alright!!!
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@@StreetersGarage - was that response in your best “Matthew McConaughy” voice?
Dude you saved me from this headache I was going through, thanks for sharing 🙏👊👍👏👏
Glad it helped you out.
Those work great...thanks for showing those brackets you installed...!!!
Luv your video intro guitar music...!!!
Cheers...!!!
Thanks. Glad you liked it and thanks for watching!
Thank you for making this video.
You’re Welcome
This is genius! Thanks a ton.
You got it. Thanks for watching!
My friend had the motor mounted on the side of the door instead of on the ceiling. It's a tidy setup .
I’ve seen pictures of them but I’ve never seen one in person.
That's pretty cool!
Thanks!
Good stuff :)
Thanks!
Those quick turn brackets are designed to be used with two rollers and yours are upside down or backwards. While they may kind of work the way you have them they are not installed correctly.
I guess you don’t understand what’s going on with the door. If you were to use 2 rollers. It wouldn’t allow the hinge to pivot and close upon itself.
I'm having a problem of the top panel hitting the spring
So they want you to put the brackets that came with the door 3 and 1/4 inches down you think I could just move those brackets up so that it goes into the curve a lot quicker? Or would that cause door bind?
Maybe.
Don't get me wrong. The use of Super Sneakys or your quick turn brackets are a great idea to solve a low headroom problem However, it can cause another problem.
That is, a small obstruction (child leg) under the door will maybe cause the opener to not reverse reliably.
The top section panel (with the brackets installed) now has the "downward" back pressure very much reduced from the opener. The opener "pressure" or force is now mostly horizontal, folding the hinge up to close the top section. There is a area where the opener may not sense an obstruction correctly.
Because the opener needs to sense the vertical back pressure from an obstruction the safety aspect of the opener is contravened. Beware.
Blessings from New Zealand
Great point, but the force meter works in tandem with the beam sensor that goes across the bottom of the doors. Once an object breaks the beam the door automatically retracts.
@@StreetersGarage Fine. Good point, but the newer sectional doors do not have this added feature
Huh? That’s part of the garage door opener and not the door.
I am implementing this solution. It is a great idea! Is it necessary to modify the L-shaped opener arm that hangs from the rail? I noticed that yours looks modified. Thanks.
Yes. Forgot about that. It is modified but not really. The openers came with some aluminum drop links to extend the arm.
I never had a use for them until I did this with the doors and in the meantime. I had tossed the drop links in the trash about 15 years ago.
So I had to make new drop links from angle iron to extend the arm.
I think these are mounted upside down. They extend way above the door which kind of defeats the purpose of low clearance hinges. The other problem with these is that they limit the travel of the door at the top end. IE the length of the hinges stops the door from opening all the way.
Did you watch the entire video?
We have the same situation with our garage doors can you tell me how far from the top you mounted the brackets? I purchased these quick turn brackets after I saw your video.
No problem. They're mounted in the the same location as the normal brackets.Thanks for watching!
@@StreetersGarage thank you.
Karen Boucher You’re Welcome. Good luck.
Employed this today...so smart. Thank you so very much.
I just need to make a 90 degree opener arm.
I used my existing arm and fabricated an extension using a piece of angle iron with the holes and slots already in it.
wow I will never though thought of that
Hope it helps
Hmm I like it but I have torsion springs instead of these kind of springs that you have. Any suggestions?
The rollers and hinges would still functions the same
Just did these on a door yesterday. Having an issue where the springs are resisting the door going all the way down because the opener gets past the point where it's pushing the door down, even with the springs backed off so much that they are hanging way down when the door is up. Tried releasing the springs totally and the opener can't open the door. We don't have the lifting arm altered in any way and I believe we have it in the second hole down from the top of the door. Will altering the arm as you have it solve this?
The top panel should lie down on its own. The springs are attached to the bottom panel of the door and would have no effect on it.
How did you maintain sealing around top part of the door?
I have Quick Turn Hinges but they leave top part of the door tilted, which creates a gap.
They make and sell a trim piece that has a rubber/vinyl gasket attached too it. Once the door is set against the opening, you attach the trim to the opening to seal it up.
Available at Home Depot / Lowe’s.
Did you cut the vertical tracks on this install?
I reused my existing tracks and didn’t cut them.
Can I cut my vertical rail if they are too long
no
What must I do if my vertical rails are long can I cut them
Not sure.
How much did this method lower the door travel compared to the standard way of installing these brackets?
About 3” for my application
hey ya!.. how much do i cut the tracks? looks like its level with the top of door? or?...
No need to cut the tracks.