High Lift Garage Door Specs

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.

High lift garage door specs. Across the door bar latch. 10 254 mm radius 3 note. 2 garaga strongly recommends the use of safety cables with extension springs for security. 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.

Across the door bar latch inside only. 8 216 mm. Instead the garage door opens straight up and at a slight angle backward. Vertical lift garage doors do not have any curved portions of the track.

Typical garage doors arch open into the garage at a standard height of approximately 7 8 feet. Double end roller backets and long stem rollers. This is a significant amount of space that can be better utilized. Standard on doors wider than 16 2 4928mm.

Garage living can take this extra space and create enough clearance to accommodate a car lift. Most residential garage doors use less than 54 of high lift to fit in garages with ceilings that are 12 high or less. Then they curve back into the garage. 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.

If an electric operator is being used add 2 51 mm to the headroom required. With assembly these high lift parts cost 200 00 plus the cost of the tracks springs and extra shipping. Low headroom front mount spring. Chamberlain group cgi the corporate parent company to liftmaster chamberlain merlin and grifco is a global leader in access solutions and products.

Used for typical applications. 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. These are normally shipped same or next day. Complete with night lock with an outside cylinder and handle recommended for manually operated doors only.

1 garaga recommends the use of torsion springs for improves door operation and increased safety. Most residential homes with garages have garage doors with standard 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. Most common garage door track.

The standard circle radius for a curved garage door track is 12 inches. 12 radius 12 required. 15 radius 14 25. Residential garage door track options.

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