Sectional Garage Door Headroom

121 mm to 12 in.

Sectional garage door headroom.

Door construction allows for design freedom the materials and designs that can be incorporated are virtually endless. From colorbond to copper. 3 track headroom door height 12 required sideroom 5 5 required backroom 23 required. 2130mm opening height will require a 2160mm high door.

Optimum operational results are achieved in sectional doors using standard headroom equipment. Seceuroglide and seceuroglide excel require a minimum of 300mm headroom for doors up to 2500mm in opening height and 350mm headroom for door up to 3500mm opening height. For sectional garage doors the same principal applies and although you can get low headroom options for most models which simply gives a tighter curve to the tracking it will mean some headroom is lost when open fully as the physics of it kicks in. 12 5 8 15 3 4 3 track 15 radius thru 18 0 o h.

When a garage door opens it rolls back on horizontal tracks. Dimension charts for sectional track sectional doors track headroom and backroom clearance standard lift track headroom clearance dimensions door height centerline of shaft minimum headroom 2 track 15 radius thru 12 0 o h. A minimum clearance between the supplied door height and the ceiling and clear opening distance from lintel back into garage. 11 5 8 14 1 4 thru 16 0 o h.

Sectional garage doors can be fitted behind maximising the drive through width and height or inbetween maximising the depth of the garage the garage opening. Sectional garage door it is completely impervious to termites. In order to install torsion spring hardware we recommend a clearance of 12 in. This option helps provide more vertical space in the garage.

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. Door type standard headroom. On the other hand if there is only 4 in.

2 track headroom door height 12 required sideroom 4 5 required backroom 23 required. Low headroom 150mm 3. Low headroom headroom minimum standard 290mm low headroom front mount 200mm low headroom rear mount 150mm when using an operator add 50mm to the minimum headroom required example. Sectional overhead doors are available in a standard or low headroom configuration refer to sectional overhead door specification sheet.

Sectional garage door operation. Doors that use torsion springs require at least 12 inches of headroom. The top of the door requires some room to make that turn. Low headroom equipment can be used under special circumstances for sectional doors where the head room is between 250mm and 150mm.