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.
Garage door track for high ceilings.
The tracks of a high lift garage door however first extend up vertically past the door opening to provide more space.
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.
Often used to help track avoid obstacles in the garage such as an entry pass door or other structural elements.
This option is a variation of standard radius track and is used in situations where the ceiling in a garage is significantly taller than in a typical home.
Used when there is ample headroom over 30 and additional workspace clearance is required.
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.
7 27 trim the track as necessary.
7 26 install the horizontal track on the other side of the garage door.
Then they curve back into the garage.
A side mounted liftmaster garage door opener.
This option utilizes a standard radius curve but includes more vertical.
2 track headroom hl 9 5 sideroom 4 5 required.
3 track headroom hl 11 required sideroom 5 5 required.
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.
Adjust the high lift track length if necessary.