The horizontal track always has a curve and it comes in different measurements of radius standard.
High lift garage door tracks.
If the door is 8 ft.
Supplemental instructions for high lift track.
7 15 depending on your garage door the high lift conversion track may overlap with the horizontal track.
3 track headroom hl 11 required sideroom 5 5 required.
10 inch being the lowest lift and 15 inch radius being your high lift garage door application.
File the end of the track.
7 16 if there is an overlap remove your piece of high lift conversion track from the high lift plates.
This is a variation of hi lift track and is usually found in commercial industrial garages.
Then they curve back into the garage.
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.
5 that extends a greater distance from the door surface to the track.
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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.
Lift garage door track comes in 10 inch 12 inch and 15 inch radius and this will give you your lift.
There is no horizontal track.
Used when there is ample headroom over 30 and additional workspace clearance is required.
Tall an additional 8 9 of.
Often used to help track avoid obstacles in the garage such as an entry pass door or other structural elements.
The tracks of a high lift garage door however first extend up vertically past the door opening to provide more space.
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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.
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.
Because of this process they can only be installed in garages that will allow an additional foot of clearance between the tracks and the garage ceiling.
If you do not fix this problem you can damage your rollers.
This conversion is accomplished by adding new tracks new springs new drums and new cables all while utilizing your existing garage door.
Special locking some doors require track that tapers away from the door at such an angle that a lock bar or slide lock will not engage into the standard.