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.
High clearance garage door tracks.
304 mm available it is best to use a dual track system designed for low headroom.
Headroom clearance is the distance between the top of the door opening and the ceiling.
14 5 8 18.
The most popular standard radius track is a 15 radius which requires 15 of headroom to accommodate the curve of the track and all other track components equipment.
Works on 12 in.
Maximum garage door height.
Then they curve back into the garage.
Residential track options admin 2020 04 08t15 16 37 00 00 determine the right track option for your new residential garage door from the options below standard radius.
The tracks of a high lift garage door however first extend up vertically past the door opening to provide more space.
Used when there is ample headroom over 30 and additional workspace clearance is required.
121 mm to 12 in.
If you do not fix this problem you can damage your rollers.
2 track headroom hl 9 5 sideroom 4 5 required.
In order to install torsion spring hardware we recommend a clearance of 12 in.
Because of this process they can only be installed in garages that will allow an additional foot of clearance between the tracks and the garage ceiling.
51 mm to standard lift movements.
Reduces headroom for ez set torsion spring system to 9 1 2 in.
Most standard garage doors with extension springs require a minimum of 10 inches of headroom.
11 5 8 14 1 4 thru 16 0 o h.
Dimension charts for sectional track sectional doors track headroom and backroom clearance standard lift track headroom clearance dimensions door height centerline of shaft minimum headroom 2 track 15 radius thru 12 0 o h.
3 track headroom hl 11 required sideroom 5 5 required.
On the other hand if there is only 4 in.
When a garage door opens it rolls back on horizontal tracks.
There are five basic garage door track options although the first two are by far the most common ones used in residential installations.
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Reduces headroom for standard and ez set extension spring systems to 4 1 2 in.
When equipping a garage door with an electric door opener add 2 in.
7 16 if there is an overlap remove your piece of high lift conversion track from the high lift plates.
7 15 depending on your garage door the high lift conversion track may overlap with the horizontal track.
The top of the door requires some room to make that turn.