Garage Door Opener Bolted To Joists

However when i tried to screw the bolt in it goes through the drywall then it can t go into the joist.

Garage door opener bolted to joists.

Question about joist integrity if i notch boards at bottom. The joists are notched all the way though to the floor i couldn t believe it i have seen some hair brained ideas before and this is at the top. In order to install a garage door opener some one had cut the floor joists to the living room above the garage right down the middle to put up the center track for the opener. I have a garage space in the house located just below a guest room on 2nf floor.

The track i have arcs the top of the door up to about 1 16 from the. This garage door opener has a powerful dc motor with geniesense technology standard. I d like to bolt a perforated metal piece on the ceiling of the garage similar to those used to create the truss for the garage door opener. Then fasten the straps to the bar.

I used a stud finder to locate the joists. The height of the garage ceiling is very low i think about 7 5 and there is no room at all to install a garage door opener. It seems that it hits a metal plate. For extra safety and added convenience this genie garage door opener.

My idea is to screw a 2x4 to the top of the top flang of the i joist fasten two plywood plates to the sides of the 2x4 fasten the two plywood plates to a 2x4 fastened between the bottom flang of the i joist drywall then lag bolt the garage hardware to the bottom 2x4.