Low Clearance Garage Door Opener Installation

Knowing garage door clearance requirements will help you avoid ordering the wrong garage door set up for your needs.

Low clearance garage door opener installation.

3 track headroom door height 12 required sideroom 5 5 required backroom 23 required. Chamberlain group cgi the corporate parent company to liftmaster chamberlain merlin and grifco is a global leader in access solutions and products. Garage doors use either torsion springs or extension springs to raise and lower the door. In order to install torsion spring hardware we recommend a clearance of 12 in.

Click here to design your custom clopay garage door and schedule an install. I had a garage which didn t have much headroom and the previous owner of the house garage apparently thought it was fine to install a garage door opener whose chain dragged on the garage door and rubbed against the joists crossbeams in the garage. Reduces headroom for standard and ez set extension spring systems to 4 1 2 in. Low headroom garage doors and openers your garage door is as old as the hills and really needs to be replaced with a new one.

What kind of garage door opener can i get if i have low ceilings. 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. We design and engineer residential garage door openers commercial door operators and gate entry systems. This option helps provide more vertical space in the garage.

So it needed help. And i was getting pretty desperate e g. Thinking of buying a double track system and. Whether yours is a one piece up and over style or a swing style there is a means of replacing it with a sectional door.

Easily converts your new track to accommodate your low headroom application. 121 mm to 12 in. Detailed installation instructions and all necessary hardware included. Used when there is at least the door height plus 12 of headroom clearance.

Torsion springs mount on a bar above the door while extension springs stretch down the side of the upper tracks. Showing my newly installed garage door hinges to increase headroom for future install of garage door opener. 304 mm available it is best to use a dual track system designed for low headroom. When equipping a garage door with an electric door opener add 2 in.