Roof Hugger Garage Door Extensions

Sheathing to fit and nail it to the rafters.

Roof hugger garage door extensions.

Click here to design your custom clopay garage door and schedule an install. The guys decided they wanted to work on saturday so i dropped in to see how they were doing. When you re done with the roof frame cut 1 2 in. Reduces headroom for standard and ez set extension spring systems to 4 1 2 in.

Easily converts your new track to accommodate your low headroom application. Roof hugger s metal over metal retrofit systems are the ideal application when an old outdated metal roof needs to be replaced. The garage has roof trusses and costs roughly 500 to plan. 3 car garage with 2 doors.

Of headroom in your garage see more info below for a pdf of our how to measure guide. Match the overhangs to the overhangs on the garage. This environmentally friendly option allows the existing metal roof to remain the new metal roof installed directly over the old roof providing a safe and labor saving installation. Image via cool house plans.

Maximum garage door height. Torsion springs mount on a bar above the door while extension springs stretch down the side of the upper tracks. Two of the garage doors are 16 wide and 8 high while the 3 rd one is 10 wide and 7 high. Reinforce the connection between the rafters and the tie plate with metal hurricane ties.

Works on 12 in. They were building the small roof over the garage door to get re. On this job i had to punch a small hole in the wall to get this operator to fit. 10 8 repeat this process with the cable on the other side of the garage door.

As for its actual construction expect to pay at least 55 000. Garage doors use either torsion springs or extension springs to raise and lower the door. 10 9 if you are installing a jackshaft garage door opener like this one you may need to do so now. Then complete the roof frame by adding the 2 6 subfascia and building the side and end overhangs.

Garage door low headroom conversion kit the clopay garage door low headroom conversion kit bay be required if you have less than 15 in.