Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Feb 13, 2008 9:02 pm I know everyone probably gets their Garage Door Openers installed by their builder, but we have elected to get ours installed after handover through a third party.
We are looking at the B&D - P Diamond Whisper Quiet system installed instead of the standard door openers that the builder was going to install for about the same price... Has anyone got one of these units??? Would you recommend them, is there anything better/quieter on the market??? Love to hear any comments, good or bad about the Whisper Quiet range??? Re: Garage Door Openers 2Feb 13, 2008 11:21 pm We've got the one below the top-range B&D opener.
It's the same unit as the super-quiet one, which is belt driven, but ours are chain drives. They were installed in June 07. They have a fairly quiet hum to the motor end when operating - you can stand in the hallway above & hear them without any effort, but they are almost silent in the other parts of the house (garage is below). What is noisy, is the chain drive, so I'd reckon if you went the belt drive version you'd be pretty happy with it. On ours, the chains rattle ("tap-tap-tap-tap" as they open up) in the metal strut - the fitter apparently never fitted the little rubber guides that **help** prevent it, but fitting them made bugger all difference. When I had a service guy out (they stopped because of a neighbour's wireless doorbell being stuffed) he had a fiddle & made them quieter. I actually don't mind them being a little bit noisy, as I have had a few occasions where I have accidentally pressed the remote when pulling the keys out of my pocket, and numerous times when the contents of my wife's overloaded handbag have triggered the remote on her keys. If it wasn't for hearing them working, the doors could well have been up all night without us realising. Re: Garage Door Openers 3Feb 14, 2008 7:57 am I can't help you with types but I prefer having one I can hear. There have been heaps of times my kids have gotten into my handbag and opened the garage door, thank god I heard it as they are so quick and my 2 year old has no road sense. Only problem I have with noise is when we get home after they have fallen asleep and opening the garage wakes them. I don't know how old your kids are Phoenix maybe they've passed that "lets escape" phase? Re: Garage Door Openers 4Feb 14, 2008 8:00 am I’m not sure what model we have, possibly low end. Although the motor and door are reasonably quiet, I find the chain and arm make a bit of noise.
I’ll be interested in what you think of the unit if you get it Phoenix. Re: Garage Door Openers 5Feb 14, 2008 8:05 am While were on the subject of garage doors, Phoenix if you’re considering installing a security system, might pay to investigate key fobs. We have a four button fob in each of our cars. This allows us to arm/disarm the security system, open/close the garage door, and turn on/off the front lights. Re: Garage Door Openers 6Feb 14, 2008 10:08 am Thanks CN, Jet and kiwi,
we had a merlin opener at our old house for our B&D sectional garage door, 6m wide and all the mechanisms were heavy duty to cope with the size of the door. So we definitely heard when the door opened and closed.... We have BR2 next to the garage in the new place and don't want the door opening/closing and waking mr. 10 yo up at 6.00am when hubby goes to work. In regards to the fob/keychain i'm not sure whether i'll go for those. Too bulky to carry around in your pocket etc, and i'd also be worried i'd accidentally press a button without knowing it and open/close the door or turn off the alarm etc. Or the kids would grab the keys and have a field day. So maybe just the remote units for the vehicles and one at the internal entrance to the house. LOL, Jet, i don't think you ever grow out of the "let's escape" phase...do you???? By the way, my kids are 10.5 & 3.5 y.o. Re: Garage Door Openers 7Feb 14, 2008 10:15 am **Phoenix** In regards to the fob/keychain i'm not sure whether i'll go for those. Too bulky to carry around in your pocket etc, and i'd also be worried i'd accidentally press a button without knowing it and open/close the door or turn off the alarm etc. We don’t carry them around either. I used stick on Velcro one piece on the back of the fob, the other on the top side of the sun visor. Just drop the visor down to operate! Re: Garage Door Openers 8Feb 14, 2008 10:19 am I'm not sure if that's what comes standard either kiwi???
I've got the brochure and pricing, but haven't actually seen the size of the controllers yet. Well, whatever size they are they will remain in the car, centre console or as you suggest , behind the visor..... Thanks Re: Garage Door Openers 9Feb 14, 2008 10:26 am I put the hooks side of the Velcro on the visor, and the felt side on the back of the fob, so when we took the fob out of the car for any reason it didn’t stick to everything. Anyway you probably know this already…it wasn’t so obvious for me when I first used stick on Velcro many moons ago. Re: Garage Door Openers 10Feb 14, 2008 10:39 am kiwi056 I put the hooks side of the Velcro on the visor, and the felt side on the back of the fob, so when we took the fob out of the car for any reason it didn’t stick to everything. Anyway you probably know this already…it wasn’t so obvious for me when I first used stick on Velcro many moons ago. Re: Garage Door Openers 14Feb 15, 2008 7:23 am I have a 4 and 2 year old, I'll let you know when they grow out of it Re: Garage Door Openers 15Feb 15, 2008 3:34 pm Hi phoenix,
We also had the same plan .. to get the automation done later on but the lady warned that if done later there will be a hole where the manual lock was placed . we had no choice but to get it thru the builder. I hope you are aware of this. cheers VP Re: Garage Door Openers 16Feb 15, 2008 3:51 pm vpande Hi phoenix, We also had the same plan .. to get the automation done later on but the lady warned that if done later there will be a hole where the manual lock was placed . we had no choice but to get it thru the builder. I hope you are aware of this. cheers VP VP, already thought of that, we requested our door with NO handle. No problem we were told. DONE!!! You can do that if you want...just ask your builder???? Unless they are unwilling to accomodate you....maybe Re: Garage Door Openers 17Feb 15, 2008 4:33 pm You can get them to only put an internal latch/handle on the door - with no exterior one.
It can be a pain as you need to go into the house to open the garage, but it means later on you won't have a hole from a now redundant handle. For the sake of $500 for the opener (+ fitting) I think you're better off doing at least 1 door while the hose is being built. Re: Garage Door Openers 18Feb 15, 2008 4:38 pm I know yours will probably be a panel lift and therefore operate differently, but in the rental we are in (which was new when we moved in last May) has a B&D Diamond PD Power Drive Roller Door "lifter", and we have said if they install one this crap in our place we will rip it out and replace it.
We had issues with it right from the start - apparently it has a sensor in it, so that if it touches something it retracts up (i.e. car sticking out of the garage). Problem is every time it is windy or bad weather we have issues trying to shut it! We have sat in the driveway at times pressing the stupid remote 4-5 times, and it's not that the remote doesn't work, it's that it will close to maybe within 60cm of the bottom, then up she goes again! SO ANNOYING! So then you press the remote to stop it going right the way up, then press it again to go back down and it gets to about the same spot and up she goes again... and again... and again... We complained to the Real Estate people after we moved in and a B&D door representative came out to look at it and said that it must be the "tension" so he did something to change/adjust it, but it didn't do anything. And also more recently, one of the little lights in the motor box part (to light up the garage when you open the door) has started flickering and sometimes works (with flickers) and sometimes doesn't. Not very good in my opinion considering it is less than 1 year old! I know there will be good and bad out of every manufacturer, but this doesn't give the impression of a quality product to me. Ray. Second Time 'Round Re: Garage Door Openers 19Feb 15, 2008 4:56 pm Ray, interesting to hear.
Is your motor located next to the door??? Could it be the sensitivity of the "sensor" that could be causing the issue of failing to open/close properly??? I'd be getting it checked while it's still under warranty. Thanks for your feedback.... Does anyone recommend any other brands/models??? Re: Garage Door Openers 20Feb 15, 2008 5:02 pm Yeah, because it's a roller door, the motor is attached to the reel (next to the door). It is definitely too sensitive (or something) but the rep assured us it was fine...
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