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Reinstall drywall ceiling with Garage door tracks

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#1 ·
I'm hoping for some sound advice and/or opinions based on experience.

I have a garage ceiling where the drywall was cut out after some major water damage. It's double layer 5/8" (fun fun). My questions is that the existing drywall was cut away around the garage door tracks and opener.

Not having done this before, is it just a matter of taking down the support brackets (one side at a time) and reattaching them after the new drywall is up? If so, is there anything critical I need to be concerned with so as to keep the garage door tracks aligned and working properly?

 

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#2 ·
Measure out everything and take plenty of pics. The motor and its track are easily removed as one whole piece or can be lowered gently to the ground or propped up on a ladder. Try to get the bolts to go right back in the old holes after the drywall is up.

I do these all the time on insurance restorations. The only real PITA is having to have the garage door down for the times you need to have the brackets off. You can either leave everything off the whole time you work or D/R as needed.

Hope this is an insurance job for you. Exactimate pays out well on these if they're written up right.

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#3 ·
Just do them one at a time. Remove the bolts from one side, slide in the drywall to replace existing and reconnect the bracket. Move on to the center one and then the other while leaving everything else in place. The only "tricky" one is the center one and with that just use a jack under the opener to hold it a few inches low while sliding in the drywall. Don't overcomplicate it.
 
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I am glad I found your discussion before I started the repair myself. Soon my wife and I are moving to a new house with no garage. It is a big problem for me since I don't want to keep my car outdoors in any weather, so I decided to create a garage on my own, and I really hope that everything will work out for me. So far, I have only read the forums and collected all the necessary information about what I must do.
The only thing I have already chosen is the service that will install an electric garage door for me. I thought that professionals in their field should do the garage entrance, not a beginner like me.
 
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I am very glad that I found your discussion even before I started the repair myself
Don't get too excited. The OP passed away when a spring let loose hit him in the head knocking him off the ladder hitting his head on the concrete floor. His 10 year old son found him dead rotting on the garage floor 3 days later.

The family hired a contractor to do the job whom the wife ended up marrying and the family is living happily ever after.
 
#9 ·
If your worried about layout you can mark the bracket locations on the floor with a laser level ( similiar to what a number of electricians do for can lights). If things are in the way of the laser making a mark, just make offset marks and go from there. Could also just make a template out of whatever scrap you have ( card board, drywall, expensive painting, etc.)