Template Cover not working. Need advice

I am needing help. I have a old garage door(dumb opener). I put a Ecolink tilt sensor on it so I can tell if it is open or closed. I then purchased a sonoff momentary relay to act as the wall push button and control the opener. I can open and close the door remotely, and see the status of the tilt sensor. But they are 2 different cards/buttons on my dashboard.

I would like to combine the 2 into one button. I followed the guide here but am not able to get it to work.

Here is the code I am using.

cover:
  - platform: template
    covers:
      garage_door:
        device_class: garage
        friendly_name: "Back Garage Door"
        position_template: "{{ states('binary_sensor.tilt_sensor_back_garage') }}"
        open_cover:
          - condition: state
            entity_id: binary_sensor.tilt_sensor_back_garage
            state: "off"
          - service: switch.turn_on
            target:
              entity_id: switch.sonoff_1001090342
        close_cover:
          - condition: state
            entity_id: binary_sensor.tilt_sensor_back_garage
            state: "on"
          - service: switch.turn_off
            target:
              entity_id: switch.sonoff_1001090342
        stop_cover:
          service: switch.turn_off
          target:
            entity_id: switch.sonoff_1001090342
        icon_template: >-
          {% if states('binary_sensor.tilt_sensor_back_garage')|float > 0 %}
            mdi:garage-open
          {% else %}
            mdi:garage
          {% endif %}

Here are the errors I get:

1st error:
Logger: homeassistant.helpers.template
Source: helpers/template.py:1286
First occurred: 9:40:14 AM (9 occurrences)
Last logged: 3:33:34 PM

Template warning: ‘float’ got invalid input ‘off’ when rendering template ‘{% if states(‘binary_sensor.tilt_sensor_back_garage’)|float > 0 %} mdi:garage-open {% else %} mdi:garage {% endif %}’ but no default was specified. Currently ‘float’ will return ‘0’, however this template will fail to render in Home Assistant core 2022.1
Template warning: ‘float’ got invalid input ‘on’ when rendering template ‘{% if states(‘binary_sensor.tilt_sensor_back_garage’)|float > 0 %} mdi:garage-open {% else %} mdi:garage {% endif %}’ but no default was specified. Currently ‘float’ will return ‘0’, however this template will fail to render in Home Assistant core 2022.1

Logger: homeassistant.components.template.cover
Source: components/template/cover.py:244
Integration: Template (documentation, issues)
First occurred: 9:33:16 AM (10 occurrences)
Last logged: 3:33:34 PM

2nd error:
could not convert string to float: ‘off’
could not convert string to float: ‘on’

Any help would be great.

Thanks

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