SIde Mount Garage Door Opener - Does One Exist? Can I use Genie Standard Mount?

 Can I mount a Genie Garage Door Opener to open the door from one side
as opposed to directly from the middle? I have a pull down attic
stairway smack in the middle of where my garage door opens and I cant
mount a permanant opener fixture directly down the center.

Will mounting the opener on one side provide the ability for the door
to still open - it is a very lightweight single garage door and it
rolls on tracks via small wheels.

Optionally, is there a side mount garage door opener made by Genie or
other big companies?

 

Yes, but it costs about 3x what a standard opener costs.

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How difficult would it be to relocate the attic stairs? Can you move
them off to the side a couple of feet?


Gary

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How far would you have to mount it off-center?  ISTR it was possible
to mount them other than exactly in the center of the door.

 krw wrote:


If your counterbalance spring is strong enough, you can probably do it.
Try to manually lift the door from the corner instead of the middle.
Can you do it with no strain?  If so, it may be practicable; if not,
the door will bind and you'll have problems.

I once set up a single opener in the middle of a garage to raise 2
single doors together.  I fabricated a "truss" of angle iron to tie the
doors together at the top.  It worked fine.  If your door is not
reinforced across the entire top, you may have to do something similar.