High Lift Overhead Door Track

The curved portion of the track on a high lift garage door is above an added piece of vertical track.

High lift overhead door track.

It is recommended on buildings with roof pitches greater than 3 12. 10 inch being the lowest lift and 15 inch radius being your high lift garage door application. Often used to help track avoid obstacles in the garage such as an entry pass door or other structural elements. Modification of the high lift aligns track to follow the roof pitch line.

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. This option allows for maximum additional clearance under the track. On certain types of garage doors you will need additional parts. Choose from a large selection of industry standard.

As you can see the track extension is pitched on the left to prevent the door from binding on the header as the door opens and closes. The space above the door is the headroom for the door and all its supporting components. American garage door supply offers high quality garage door track and track hardware to keep your doors operating safely smoothly and reliably. Vertical lift garage doors shown here are used frequently in industrial settings.

When they open they rise on a vertical track pass through a curved section of track and then ride along a horizontal track where the door remains until it is closed. They efficiently use space in warehouses when used as dock doors. High lift used when there is ample headroom over 30 and additional workspace clearance is required. Then they curve back into the garage.

Matador garage door insulation kit designed for 7 foot tall door up to 9 feet wide large 4 5 out of 5 stars 968 garage door track for 7 high door pair of vertical sections length. Assembly of the high lift tracks is best done on a bench. 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. 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.

The tracks of a high lift garage door however first extend up vertically past the door opening to provide more space.