High Lift Garage Door Drums

It s going to cost a bit more to do it right but it s going to be worth it in the end.

High lift garage door drums. High lift used when there is ample headroom over 30 and additional workspace clearance is required. Choose from extensive line of garage door pulley sheaves and cable drums for your replacement or new overhead door needs. In simple terms the taller a garage door or the higher the door must be lifted the longer the cables must be and the larger the drums must be to accommodate the longer cables. Standard door lift is 12 inches but many times customers want a high lift door and in some cases where space allows they want a full vertical lift door.

What does a high lift garage door conversion cost. Available for garage doors ranging from 9 to 19 feet high if you re not sure which type of cable drum you need check your old one for a parts number. When the garage door is closed the cable is farther from the shaft. If you re the diy type you might be tempted to cheap out here and just buy an extra piece of track and splice it in yourself.

An extra piece of track will cost you maybe 20 total. Pictured to the right is the 11 vertical lift cable drum dr 1100 18. Then they curve back into the garage. Low to high sort by price.

The same cables are used on a door with 54 of high lift as on a door with 12 of high lift. High lift cable drums use both flat and raised grooves to balance the door on both vertical and horizontal tracks. High lift door stocks cable drums for all types of residential and commercial garage doors with fast shipping and all drums in stock order today showing 1 12 of 25 results sort by popularity sort by average rating sort by latest sort by price. Often used to help track avoid obstacles in the garage such as an entry pass door or other structural elements.

Garage door cable drums 400 12 standard lift 12 1 cable 375lbs drums garage door cable drums for high lift doors d525 54 pair garage door cable drums 1 pair up to 8 high doors 400 8 new. Our pulley sheaves and cable drums offer a wide variety of options please feel free to take a look at the products below to find what you need and if you have any trouble finding what you need one of our very knowledgeable salespeople will be glad to help. 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 kit should cost between 300 and 500 for the parts and an additional 300 400 for the labor to install it.

As the door opens the cable wraps up on the drum and comes closer to the shaft see how vertical lift and high lift garage doors work. For example the cable on a door with 54 inches of high lift will wrap only half way around the outer groove of the drum.