How To Install A Low Clearance Garage Door

Garage doors use either torsion springs or extension springs to raise and lower the door.

How to install a low clearance garage door.

Drill if necessary use a quick turn bracket as a low headroom option for garage doors. When equipping a garage door with an electric door opener add 2 in. Insert rollers in low headroom top brackets. Use the quick turn bracket to reduce headroom requirements to 8 inches on a 12 inch radius track in place of the existing top roller.

To begin if installing an opener disconnect the opener drawbar arm from the garage door. 20 tek inch 20 thread size 1 inch screws. On each side of door insert each roller into horizontal track. Each has their own minimum door clearance requirements to allow for a trouble free installation.

In order to install torsion spring hardware we recommend a clearance of 12 in. 304 mm available it is best to use a dual track system designed for low headroom. Torsion springs mount on a bar above the door while extension springs stretch down the side of the upper tracks. 3 feet of 1 x 1 slotted angle iron cut into two 6 inch sections and two 12 inch sections.

On the other hand if there is only 4 in. A quick turn bracket is an attachment for the top section of a garage door. 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. It can be used on any sectional garage door that has clearance problems due to low ceilings or obstructions allowing the garage door opener track to be mounted much closer to the top of the garage door than is usually possible.

Whether yours is a one piece up and over style or a swing style there is a means of replacing it with a sectional door. Low headroom garage doors and openers your garage door is as old as the hills and really needs to be replaced with a new one. Video of the day. Line each low headroom top bracket up with.

Slide each low headroom bracket down the top section until top section is tight against steel jamb. The brackets allow you to use an electric garage door opener for garages with a limited amount of head clearance. 51 mm to standard lift movements.