Garage Clearance Needed For New Garage Door Tracks

This option helps provide more vertical space in the garage.

Garage clearance needed for new garage door tracks.

Maximum high lift equals headroom available minus 14. Your system will not only work better but it will also look better. 3 track headroom door height 12 required sideroom 5 5 required backroom 23 required. Unless your builder seriously over estimated the weight of your garage door the torsion spring has to be swapped out for a heavier duty spring.

When equipping a garage door with an electric door opener add 2 in. 304 mm available it is best to use a dual track system designed for low headroom. On the other hand if there is only 4 in. The torsion spring is what does the heavy lifting pun intended.

For either the case of extension or torsion spring systems if you want the door to retract up and into the garage you need at least 4 inches 121 mm above the door. There is no horizontal track. If the door is 8 ft. In the configuration only a vertical track is needed and the door moves up and bumps out from the wall only enough to accommodate the opener.

Tall an additional 8 9 of vertical headroom would be needed. 51 mm to standard lift movements. It is possible to mount torsion springs in a garage with only 5 inches of headroom. This will be enough space if you want to add an electric garage door opener where only 2 inches 51 mm is required to install one.

Dirty rusty old tracks detract from the beautiful new investment you ve made so remove the distractions and replace everything at once. High lift equals distance from top of door to bottom of horizontal track. Used when there is at least the door height plus 12 of headroom clearance. 2 track headroom door height 12 required sideroom 4 5 required backroom 23 required.

121 mm to 12 in. In order to install torsion spring hardware we recommend a clearance of 12 in. However this requires mounting the torsion spring on the rear of the horizontal tracks. The same goes for your garage door.