Minimum Ceiling Height For 10 Garage Door

The height of your car makes a difference.

Minimum ceiling height for 10 garage door.

If an electric operator is being used add 2 51 mm to the headroom required. 121 mm to 12 in. Again this only works without a ceiling. On the other hand if there is only 4 in.

An example would be placing a 10 wide overhead door centered in a 12 foot bay. 3 if you have more than 15 381 mm of headroom available 15 381 mm radius tracks are available on request. Most standard garage doors with extension springs require a minimum of 10 inches of headroom. 304 mm available it is best to use a dual track system designed for low headroom.

Doors that use torsion springs require at least 12 inches of headroom. The top of the door requires some room to make that turn. To function properly it also needs around 100 210 mm of headroom above the top door s panel. Building height is relatively inexpensive yet i repeatedly see cases of people trying to fit overhead doors which are too tall into buildings with eave heights which are too short.

That should easily fit most cars but not all. In order to install torsion spring hardware we recommend a clearance of 12 in. The reason for the additional clearance for torsion spring doors is due to the brackets that hold each end of the torsion bar. You probably noticed that the height of a standard garage door is consistently 7 feet.

2 garaga strongly recommends the use of safety cables with extension springs for security. As it goes further into the garage on the horizontal rails you need to have enough free space inside the garage on the ceiling of course. 1 garaga recommends the use of torsion springs for improves door operation and increased safety.