High Clearance Garage Door Track

Often referred to as dual track it is best recognized by a second horizontal track.
High clearance garage door track. With assembly these high lift parts cost 200 00 plus the cost of the tracks springs and extra shipping. Sideroom 4 1 2 required. These are normally shipped same or next day. 10 inch being the lowest lift and 15 inch radius being your high lift garage door application.
Garage interiors can be as high as 12 15 feet. Garage living can take this extra space and create enough clearance to accommodate a car lift. 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.
Headroom clearance is the distance between the top of the door opening and the ceiling. Maximum high lift equals headroom available minus 14. Most standard garage doors with extension springs require a minimum of 10 inches of headroom. 2 garaga strongly recommends the use of safety cables with extension springs for security.
Then they curve back into the garage. 3 track headroom hl 11 required sideroom 5 5 required. When a garage door opens it rolls back on horizontal 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.
High lift equals distance from top of door to bottom of horizontal track. Used when there is ample headroom over 30 and additional workspace clearance is required. If an electric operator is being used add 2 51 mm to the headroom required. Most residential garage doors use less than 54 of high lift to fit in garages with ceilings that are 12 high or less.
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. This is a significant amount of space that can be better utilized. The tracks of a high lift garage door however first extend up vertically past the door opening to provide more space. Typical garage doors arch open into the garage at a standard height of approximately 7 8 feet.
Lift garage door track comes in 10 inch 12 inch and 15 inch radius and this will give you your lift. 3 if you have more than 15 381 mm of headroom available 15 381 mm radius tracks are available on request. 2 track headroom hl 9 5 sideroom 4 5 required. The top of the door requires some room to make that turn.