There is little headroom above my garage door. What is the minimum headroom necessary to install a sectional garage door?
Tracks for regular headroom require a headroom space anywhere from 8.5″ to 16″ (196 mm to 368 mm), between top of garage door and garage ceiling. But you can get different sets of tracks regarding particular needs due to garage dimensions. Following are different type of tracks available regarding specific needs : • Low headroom tracks (where space between top of door and ceiling is inferior to standard headroom measurements provided above – will also differ according to spring type, torsion or extension). • Hi-lift tracks (when there’s lots of space between the top of garage door and garage ceiling but you prefer a door standing horizontally when open). • Vertical lift tracks (when there’s lots of space between the top of garage door and garage ceiling and you opt for a vertical opening of your garage door). • Tracks following the roof slope (when garage ceiling has a definite angle in the slope and that you prefer the garage door to follow that angle during opening). • A professional
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