How To Raise Garage Door Rails

That way you can clear both your rack and some extra material that you might have left on your rack and forgotten about.

How to raise garage door rails.

2 track headroom hl 9 5 sideroom 4 5 required. With the lower track brackets loosened you can gently shift the tracks to the left or right causing the garage door to move. Maintenance for a high lift garage door. You want the tracks to be parallel with the door and have a consistent margin for the full height of the door.

4 9 set the shaft on the floor. When it is resting on the ground the door establishes where the tracks should be. You will now remove the hardware from the shaft. Adjusting the garage door track margins keeps the track properly aligned with the door itself.

I don t want to buy the 7 feet door track that cost 60 i will i do with 6 and half foot od track that i will never use. 4 6 remove the end bearing plate on the other side of the garage door from the horizontal track and the garage door header. I wan to raise my garage door by 4 so i am looking the 4 or 5 track to add to the bottom and move the existing track on top of this new track. Used when there is ample headroom over 30 and additional workspace clearance is required.

You won t need a new garage door as the actual dimensions of the door opening won t change. Often used to help track avoid obstacles in the garage such as an entry pass door or other structural elements. Raising garage door height i vote for adding another vertical foot to the opening. 4 8 remove the shaft from the garage door.

3 track headroom hl 11 required sideroom 5 5 required.