High Lift Garage Door Tracks

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.

High lift garage door tracks. 3 track headroom hl 11 required sideroom 5 5 required. The space above the door is the headroom for the door and all its supporting components. 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. Often used to help track avoid obstacles in the garage such as an entry pass door or other structural elements.

Then they curve back into the garage. This conversion is accomplished by adding new tracks new springs new drums and new cables all while utilizing your existing garage door. This option allows for maximum additional clearance under the track. It is recommended on buildings with roof pitches greater than 3 12.

New high lift drums see how high lift drums work a new torsion spring or springs. Overhead acting garage doors are made in sections that are hinged together. The tracks of a high lift garage door however first extend up vertically past the door opening to provide more space. 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.

Used when there is ample headroom over 30 and additional workspace clearance is required. Most residential garage doors use less than 54 of high lift to fit in garages with ceilings that are 12 high or less. 2 track headroom hl 9 5 sideroom 4 5 required. When converting from standard lift tracks to a high lift system you will need.

A side mounted liftmaster garage door opener keeps operations off the ceiling and onto the wall to free up the space.