[6t7gto]

My son had the same problem.
He and his father in law cut a nice round hole in the beam and passed the operator door thru it. The operator motor is on the back side of the beam.

[bnorris_74]

Originally Posted by 6t7gto

My son had the same problem.
He and his father in law cut a nice round hole in the beam and passed the operator door thru it. The operator motor is on the back side of the beam.

Sadly the door opener motor will end up right smack in the middle of the main beam for the house and would require me to cut out an area big enough for the motor head.

That won't happen.

I talked to my brother last night and suggested he call Genie again to see if he can get a better answer. After searching last night I saw a review on Home Depot where a guy stated that he called Genie about his belt drive opener(different model) and they sent him a drawing outlining the directions for cutting the unit down. Hopefully Genie is not located on the east coast.