Browse Forums DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair Re: DIY fence gate motor installation? Easy? 4Oct 15, 2023 6:14 pm ChrisBirmele Hi, Thanks for your reply. Yes it doesn't look very complicated, just wanted to check if someone has done it. I have been quoted $1'000 to $1'400 bucks for installation (without the motor). Thought it was a bit of a rip off. Regards I mean, I install them/sell them for a living so I haven't done DIY, unless you count the first one I installed lol. (electrician by trade). Usually a 6-8 hour job for my techs to install , wire up and install gate rack, so at electrician rates $1000 isn't too far off the money to be honest. I guess it's the electrical part that would put most off. Some control boards require you to bridge out safety inputs and other little things that you would need a basic understanding of electrical circuits to get up and running. My garage door has started playing up recently. Sometimes (and getting more frequent) when I press the button to open it, it wont. The motor is an ATA GD0-6V3. Red and… 0 2679 I should have followed up on this thread. So, the pier foundation wasn't large enough on the side it was leaning towards, and the NBN cable went through the pier, just… 8 12137 Get some long brass machine screws and bolt right through the gate and put brass acorn nuts and washers on the other side. It will never come off 1 9086 |