Low Ceiling Low Headroom Garage Door Track

Many older homes have very low ceiling clearance in the garages.

Low ceiling low headroom garage door track.

Easily converts your new track to accommodate your low headroom application. It is possible to mount torsion springs in a garage with only 5 inches of headroom. Garage doors operating with torsion springs require a minimum of 9 1 2 inches of headroom while doors using extension springs require a minimum of 4 1 2 inches of headroom. Requires a minimum of 4 5 of headroom.

If a top strut has been installed on the section the top roller bracket will go between the strut and the section with the roller above the strut. Rather than cutting into your structural members notching the top of the door which can dangerously weaken it or destroying your concrete floor there is an easier and less destructive solution. Slide each low headroom bracket down the top section until top section is tight against steel jamb. Low headroom rear mount spring.

Detailed installation instructions and all necessary hardware included. Low headroom track this very common garage door track option uses up even less headroom space than a 12 radius track. Ideal door overhead garage door double track low headroom kit at menards send cancel mail in rebate is in the form of merchandise credit check valid in store only. Low headroom tracks and brackets if you have a low head room garage and don t need to worry about fitting your car inside then you might want to look into purchasing low head room tracks and brackets.

2 track headroom 4 5 required sideroom 7 5 required backroom door height 30 required. Line each low headroom top bracket up with the side of the top section. Using both slots in each low headroom bracket as a guide drill 5 32. Showing my newly installed garage door hinges to increase headroom for future install of garage door opener.

Over the last 10 years we have continued to innovate and improve our range of garage door hardware and expertise. It can be used on any sectional garage door that has clearance problems due to low ceilings or obstructions allowing the garage door opener. Low overhead garage door installation super sneaky products were originally designed to help dealers overcome low overhead installation issues in both residential and commercial garage door applications. Of headroom in your garage see more info below for a pdf of our how to measure guide.

There is a garage door accessory called a low clearance bracket kit or low headroom kit. The clopay garage door low headroom conversion kit bay be required if you have less than 15 in. 3 track headroom 8 5 required sideroom 9 required backroom door height 32 required. Used when headroom is extremely limited for proper door operation.

However this requires mounting the torsion spring on the rear of the horizontal tracks.