High Lift Garage Door Specs

If an electric operator is being used add 2 51 mm to the headroom required.

High lift garage door specs. Chamberlain group cgi the corporate parent company to liftmaster chamberlain merlin and grifco is a global leader in access solutions and products. Double end roller backets and long stem rollers. Typical garage doors arch open into the garage at a standard height of approximately 7 8 feet. High lift garage doors have a longer straight portion of track between the top roller and the curved portion of the track as pictured on the left.

Across the door bar latch. 1 garaga recommends the use of torsion springs for improves door operation and increased safety. Low headroom rear mount spring. Most common garage door track.

Vertical lift garage doors do not have any curved portions of the track. Most residential garage doors use less than 54 of high lift to fit in garages with ceilings that are 12 high or less. Across the door bar latch inside only. The tracks of a high lift garage door however first extend up vertically past the door opening to provide more space.

We design and engineer residential garage door openers commercial door operators and gate entry systems. Instead the garage door opens straight up and at a slight angle backward. Low headroom front mount spring. Recommended for high lift and vertical lift door applications.

12 radius 12 required. With assembly these high lift parts cost 200 00 plus the cost of the tracks springs and extra shipping. The standard circle radius for a curved garage door track is 12 inches. These are normally shipped same or next day.

Most residential homes with garages have garage doors with standard lift. Then they curve back into the garage. Used for typical applications. Garage living can take this extra space and create enough clearance to accommodate a car lift.

10 254 mm radius 3 note. Residential garage door track options. 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. A low lift garage door will feature a curve with a radius of 10 inches whereas a high lift garage door has a curve with a radius of 15 inches.

Complete with night lock with an outside cylinder and handle recommended for manually operated doors only. 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. 2 garaga strongly recommends the use of safety cables with extension springs for security. 8 216 mm.

Garage interiors can be as high as 12 15 feet. This is a significant amount of space that can be better utilized.