Garage Clearance Needed For New Garage Door Tracks

The torsion spring is what does the heavy lifting pun intended.

Garage clearance needed for new garage door tracks. Maximum high lift equals headroom available minus 14. When equipping a garage door with an electric door opener add 2 in. On the other hand if there is only 4 in. Dirty rusty old tracks detract from the beautiful new investment you ve made so remove the distractions and replace everything at once.

There is no horizontal track. 51 mm to standard lift movements. 121 mm to 12 in. A new garage door track is very inexpensive in proportion to the amount of time you ll be using it.

Tall an additional 8 9 of vertical headroom would be needed. 304 mm available it is best to use a dual track system designed for low headroom. In order to install torsion spring hardware we recommend a clearance of 12 in. As a general rule if you re adding more than 12 15 inches of extra vertical track you re going to need a new garage door opener.

It is possible to mount torsion springs in a garage with only 5 inches of headroom. However this requires mounting the torsion spring on the rear of the horizontal tracks. Used when there is at least the door height plus 12 of headroom clearance. The same goes for your garage door.

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. 2 track headroom door height 12 required sideroom 4 5 required backroom 23 required. High lift equals distance from top of door to bottom of horizontal track. If the door is 8 ft.

This option helps provide more vertical space in the garage. 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. 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. 3 track headroom door height 12 required sideroom 5 5 required backroom 23 required.