Install two switches for the garage door opener one at the top where the dumbwaiter will deliver goods and one at the bottom where it will pick goods up.
Garage door opener elevator.
A diy garage door dumbwaiter can make carrying groceries upstairs a snap.
The garage journal board years ago i worked in a shop that had an elevator made from modifying a garage door opener.
Have locks on both of the doors to the dumbwaiter shaft so that when children are around they.
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Watch this video to see how a dumbwaiter made from a garage door opener can be used to carry groceries upstairs and recycling down.
Building the diy dumbwaiter only cost around 300 much less than commercial models.
Check that the automatic stops are working properly and the dumbwaiter stops in the right place.
A garage door opener should lift the door at the touch of a button but if the size of the motor and the weight of the door are mismatched it may have problems especially if the door is too.