High Clearance Garage Door Opener

A side mounted liftmaster garage door opener.

High clearance garage door opener.

A chain driven a belt driven and a screw driven opener each one has certain features that are beneficial depending on what you re looking for. This garage door opener includes many accessories for safety and convenience. 2 track headroom hl 9 5 sideroom 4 5 required. On the other hand if there is only 4 in.

Chamberlain group cgi the corporate parent company to liftmaster chamberlain merlin and grifco is a global leader in access solutions and products. When equipping a garage door with an electric door opener add 2 in. We design and engineer residential garage door openers commercial door operators and gate entry systems. 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.

Anything below 5 inches from the ceiling to the door would be considered a low ceiling garage but as long as there is a clearance of at least 2 between the door and the ceiling then a specialist can most likely install any opener that you would like. The standard rule of thumb is the door height plus an additional 18 inches. 3 track headroom hl 11 required sideroom 5 5 required. There are three types of openers.

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. The garage door needs room to roll completely up when opening. Like all genie garage door openers the stealthdrive 750 comes equipped with intellicode rolling code technology that prevents unauthorized persons from opening your garage door. Often used to help track avoid obstacles in the garage such as an entry pass door or other structural elements.

A final consideration for door clearance is the depth of the garage. 51 mm to standard lift movements. Only thing that a high lift garage door does is gets the door closer to the ceiling of the garage. 121 mm to 12 in.

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. A garage door pro will first ask questions to determine whether there s sufficient clearance to install a high lift garage door so make sure that you have the dimensions of your garage and the measurements of your current garage door on hand. This is the distance between the top of the door and the nearest obstruction toward the rear of the garage. This conversion is accomplished by adding new tracks new springs new drums and new cables all while utilizing your existing garage door.

You must remember also that anything above 15. In order to install torsion spring hardware we recommend a clearance of 12 in.