Used when there is ample headroom over 30 and additional workspace clearance is required.
High ceiling garage door track.
To recognize the ideal situation for installing high lift garage doors you need to first understand how they work.
The top of the door requires some room to make that turn.
A high lift garage door extends your garage door s track so that the door hugs the wall and goes up higher before the horizontal curve.
51 mm to standard lift movements.
The parts consist of an angle iron cross member that mounts at the ceiling and a pair of straps as.
When a garage door opens it rolls back on horizontal tracks.
Use of car lifts storage or service need additional garage door space.
On the other hand if there is only 4 in.
In order to install torsion spring hardware we recommend a clearance of 12 in.
When equipping a garage door with an electric door opener add 2 in.
7 25 place your new high lift cable drum over the race of the bearing to make sure that there will be enough room without the cable drum rubbing against the ceiling.
7 27 trim the track as necessary.
It makes better use of the vertical space in your garage and gives you at least 12 15 more headroom in your garage by moving the garage door track closer to the ceiling.
Most standard garage doors with extension springs require a minimum of 10 inches of headroom.
High garage door ceilings.
Often used to help track avoid obstacles in the garage such as an entry pass door or other structural elements.
This garage door track option also helps with doors that might have taller or oversized top sections.
Headroom clearance is the distance between the top of the door opening and the ceiling.
This option is a variation of standard radius track and is used in situations where the ceiling in a garage is significantly taller than in a typical home.
Typical garage door openers come with parts for hanging the motor from 8 foot high ceilings.
This option utilizes a standard radius curve but includes more vertical.
Ideal situations for high lift garage doors.
2 track headroom hl 9 5 sideroom 4 5 required.
Only thing that a high lift garage door does is gets the door closer to the ceiling of the garage.
Adjust the high lift track length if necessary.
304 mm available it is best to use a dual track system designed for low headroom.
Most residential garages have an eight foot ceiling and a seven foot garage door that.
7 26 install the horizontal track on the other side of the garage door.
This conversion is accomplished by adding new tracks new springs new drums and new cables all while utilizing your existing garage door.
121 mm to 12 in.
3 track headroom hl 11 required sideroom 5 5 required.
