High Clearance Garage Door Opener

This garage door opener includes many accessories for safety and convenience.

High clearance garage door opener. 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. On the other hand if there is only 4 in. They do make track that can lift a garage door many feet over the opening but this is usually used in commercial garage door applications.

A chain driven a belt driven and a screw driven opener each one has certain features that are beneficial depending on what you re looking for. Only thing that a high lift garage door does is gets the door closer to the ceiling of the garage. The standard rule of thumb is the door height plus an additional 18 inches. 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.

Like all genie garage door openers the stealthdrive 750 comes equipped with intellicode rolling code technology that prevents unauthorized persons from opening your garage door. 51 mm to standard lift movements. The garage door needs room to roll completely up when opening. Anything below 5 inches from the ceiling to the door would be considered a low ceiling garage but as long as there is a clearance of at least 2 between the door and the ceiling then a specialist can most likely install any opener that you would like.

You must remember also that anything above 15. This is the distance between the top of the door and the nearest obstruction toward the rear of the garage. A side mounted liftmaster garage door opener. 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.

304 mm available it is best to use a dual track system designed for low headroom. A final consideration for door clearance is the depth of the garage. 3 track headroom hl 11 required sideroom 5 5 required. A garage door pro will first ask questions to determine whether there s sufficient clearance to install a high lift garage door so make sure that you have the dimensions of your garage and the measurements of your current garage door on hand.

Used when there is ample headroom over 30 and additional workspace clearance is required. 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. Often used to help track avoid obstacles in the garage such as an entry pass door or other structural elements. Chamberlain group cgi the corporate parent company to liftmaster chamberlain merlin and grifco is a global leader in access solutions and products.

We design and engineer residential garage door openers commercial door operators and gate entry systems. 121 mm to 12 in.