Sectional Garage Door Ceiling Clearance

It can be used on any sectional garage door that has clearance problems due to low ceilings or obstructions allowing the garage door opener track to be mounted much closer to the top of the garage door than is usually possible.

Sectional garage door ceiling clearance.

11 5 8 14 1 4 thru 16 0 o h. Most common garage door track. There is a garage door accessory called a low clearance bracket kit or low headroom kit. 304 mm available it is best to use a dual track system designed for low headroom.

Headroom clearance is the distance between the top of the door opening and the ceiling. We have an older home 45 years plus and we replaced the one piece garage door with a garage door that breaks down in to 4 sections we used this with our low ceiling due to not have enough clearance. 12 radius 12 required 15 radius 14 25 required. When a garage door opens it rolls back on horizontal tracks.

On the other hand if there is only 4 in. It allows the doors to run on a high and a lower track at the same time taking care of the low clearance problem. Most standard garage doors with extension springs require a minimum of 10 inches of headroom. Used for typical applications.

121 mm to 12 in. In order to install torsion spring hardware we recommend a clearance of 12 in.