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.
High lift garage door tracks.
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.
Then they curve back into the garage.
Used when there is ample headroom over 30 and additional workspace clearance is required.
3 track headroom hl 11 required sideroom 5 5 required.
It is recommended on buildings with roof pitches greater than 3 12.
Overhead acting garage doors are made in sections that are hinged together.
Modification of the high lift aligns track to follow the roof pitch line.
A side mounted liftmaster garage door opener keeps operations off the ceiling and onto the wall to free up the space.
This conversion is accomplished by adding new tracks new springs new drums and new cables all while utilizing your existing garage door.
The tracks of a high lift garage door however first extend up vertically past the door opening to provide more space.
This option allows for maximum additional clearance under the track.
2 track headroom hl 9 5 sideroom 4 5 required.
New high lift drums see how high lift drums work a new torsion spring or springs.
When converting from standard lift tracks to a high lift system you will need.
The space above the door is the headroom for the door and all its supporting components.
A high lift garage door conversion is a modification to an existing garage door s operating components to open at a higher level within the garage space.
Most residential garage doors use less than 54 of high lift to fit in garages with ceilings that are 12 high or less.