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Pre-Installation
Safety Information
OVERVIEW OF POTENTIAL HAZARDS: READ THIS SAFETY INFORMATION CONVENTIONS
USED IN THESE INSTRUCTIONS:
Garage doors are large, heavy objects that move with the help of springs under high tension
and electric motors. Since moving objects, springs under tension, and electric motors can
cause injuries, your safety and the safety of others depend on you reading the information in
this manual. If you have questions or do not understand the information presented, call your
nearest trained door system technician or visit our website.
The following Safety Alert symbol and signal words are used throughout this manual to call
attention to and identify different levels of hazard and special instructions.
WARNINg
WARNINg
THIS IS THE SAFETy ALERT SyMBOL. THIS SyMBOL ALERTS yOu TO
POTENTIAL HAZARDS THAT CAN kILL OR HuRT yOu AND OTHERS. ALL
SAFETy MESSAgES WILL FOLLOW THE SAFETy ALERT SyMBOL AND
THE WORD "DANgER", "WARNINg", OR "CAuTION".
DANgER: Indicates an imminently hazardous situation which, if NOT avoided, will result in
death or serious injury.
WARNINg: Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if NOT avoided, could result in
death or serious injury.
CAuTION: Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if NOT avoided, may result in
injury or property damage.
NOTE: Indicates important steps to be followed or important considerations.
IMPORTANT SAFETy INSTRuCTIONS: READ AND FOLLOW ALL INSTRuCTIONS SAVE
THESE INSTRuCTIONS
Potential Hazard
Could result in Death or Serious
Could result in Death or Serious
Could result in Death or Serious
READ THIS SAFETy INFORMATIONS:
Read this installation instruction booklet completely before starting installation of the door. If
you have questions or do not understand the information presented in these instructions, call
your nearest trained door system technician.
While not required for extension spring systems, consider having a trained door system
technician install this door for the optimum installation and performance.
You can install your new garage door yourself, if...
a) You have help (it may weigh up to 500 lbs.),
b) You have the right tools and reasonable mechanical aptitude or experience, and
c) You follow these instructions very carefully.
Garage doors use springs to balance them. There are two types of springs installed — exten-
sion or torsion. Each of these is available in either a standard or low ceiling assembly option.
Please look at the drawings to see which spring type your old door has.
Please Do Not Return This Product To The Store. Contact your local Overhead Door Ribbon Distributor. To find your local Overhead Door Ribbon
Effect
Prevention
Keep people clear of opening
while Door is moving.
WARNING
Do NOT allow children to play
with the Door Opener.
Injury
Do NOT operate a Door that jams
or one that has a broken spring.
Turn OFF power before removing
opener cover.
WARNING
When replacing cover, make sure
wires are NOT pinched or near
moving parts.
Injury
Opener must be fully grounded.
Do NOT try to remove, install, re-
pair or adjust springs or anything
to which door spring parts are
WARNING
fastened, such as, wood blocks,
steel brackets, cables or other
like items.
Installations, repairs and adjust-
Injury
ments must be done by a trained
door system technician using
proper tools and instructions.
Distributor, refer to your local yellow pages business listings or go to the Find a Ribbon Distributor section online at www.OverheadDoor.com.
WARNINg
WARNINg
IF yOuR OLD DOOR OR NEW DOOR uSES TORSION SPRINgS, DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO REMOVE, INSTALL, REPAIR OR ADJuST THE SPRINgS
yOuRSELF. HAVE A TRAINED DOOR SySTEM TECHNICIAN REMOVE,
INSTALL, REPAIR OR ADJuST THEM. ATTEMPTINg TO REMOVE, INSTALL,
REPAIR OR ADJuST A TORSION SPRINg ASSEMBLy WITHOuT PROPER
TRAININg OR TOOLS MAy RESuLT IN AN uNCONTROLLED RELEASE OF
SPRINg FORCES WHICH CAN CAuSE SERIOuS INJuRy.
• In removing a garage door that has Extension springs, follow the instructions carefully,
including the use of C-clamps or locking pliers on both sides of the door in order to keep the
door from moving once the springs are removed.
• Low Headroom doors require special instructions. Check headroom requirements located in
Preparing The Opening, before beginning.
• Be sure all hardware components for your new door are included before removing existing
door. If your door is missing any parts, call the company from whom you purchased your unit.
• Allow enough time to do the work; removing an existing door will take approximately 1-3
hours.
• A typical installation takes between 9 and 12 hours to complete.
• Keep in mind when planning the installation that the garage will be open and unsecured
when disassembling the old and assembling the new door.
• If the garage door is the only opening in the structure make sure everything you need is
inside. You will have no way of leaving the garage until the track is assembled and installed.
This will take approximately 5 hours.
• Never reuse old track or hardware. Only the track specified and supplied with the door
should be used.
• To avoid damage to the door, you must reinforce the top section of the door in order to
provide a strengthened mounting point for attachment of an automatic opener.
• Original replacement parts are recommended if repairs are ever required to your door.
• Be sure that your garage complies with all applicable state and or local ventilation require-
ments before you enclose any vehicles in the garage. Good ventilation avoids fire and health
hazards caused by fumes accumulating within a well-sealed garage.
• Do NOT permit children to play beneath or with any garage door or electric operating
controls.
• Keep hands and fingers clear of section joints, track, and other door parts when the door
is opening and closing to avoid injury. If lift handles are provided, ensure that the lift handles
are located for safe operation as well as easy use.
• Bolts must be installed at the rear end of horizontal tracks. These act to stop the rollers and
keep the door from rolling off the back of the track.
• Track installations must use sway braces on the rear track hangers to prevent sideways
movement. If the tracks are NOT firmly stabilized they might spread, allowing the door to fall
and cause severe injury and damage.
• Springs, cables, and Bottom Corner Brackets are under strong spring tension. Do NOT
attempt to remove, repair or adjust any fasteners on these components or anything to which
these parts are attached, such as wood blocks, steel brackets, or other like items. You could
suddenly release spring forces and risk severe injury.
• If the garage door and/or any of the supporting tracks are damaged, operating the door
could be hazardous. Take the door out of service and call a trained door system technician to
promptly service or repair the door.
• KEEP DOORS PROPERLY BALANCED. An improperly balanced door increases the risk of
severe injury or death. Have a trained door system technician make repairs to cables, spring
assemblies and other hardware as necessary.
• Doors equipped with automatic door operators can cause serious injury or death if NOT
properly adjusted and operated. To ensure safety of these doors:
a) Never let children operate or play with the door controls. Keep the remote control away
from children,
b) Always keep the moving door in sight and people and objects away from the door until the
door is completely closed. NO ONE SHOULD CROSS THE PATH OF THE MOVING DOOR,
c) NEVER GO UNDER A STOPPED, PARTIALLY OPEN DOOR,
d) Test operator monthly. The door MUST reverse on contact with a 1-1/2" high object (or a
2" x 4" board laid flat) at the center of the doorway on the floor. If the door does NOT reverse,
re-test the door operator after adjusting either the force or the limit of travel in accordance
with the manufacturer's instructions. Failure to adjust the operator properly may result in
severe injury or death,
e) When possible, use the emergency release only when the door is closed. Use caution when
using this release with the door open. Weak or broken springs are capable of increasing the
rate and force of door closure and increasing the risk of severe injury or death, and
f) If your door has a pull down rope or locking mechanism, you must remove the rope and
either disable or remove any door locks.
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