Garage Door Track Installation For Pictched Roof

The building ceiling must be free from obstructions to allow the door to travel freely.

Garage door track installation for pictched roof. Headroom top of door to nearest obstruction truss. Pull a horizontal measurement from the opening to 1 more than the door height. If the door is 7 you will mark a spot on the floor at the 8 mark. Tall an additional 8 9 of vertical headroom would be needed.

Measure floor to ceiling at the opening. This track actually follows the pitch of the roof structure. This type of track is a combination high lift and vertical lift track. Used when there is ample headroom over 30 and additional workspace clearance is required.

Ideal door is a leader in residential and commercial garage doors and a preferred brand among consumers architects specifiers and building professionals. Given the roof pitch a standard radius curve track section is cut to allow the angled horizontal track to follow the roof structure. Today i finish up the garage door extend the track for the larger door and have the track follow the roof line to keep the door out of the way. Measure from floor to the ceiling from that mark on the floor.

This will give you your roof pitch. The door travels up the side of the wall and back following the pitch of the roof. 3 track headroom hl 11 required sideroom 5 5 required. Often used to help track avoid obstacles in the garage such as an entry pass door or other structural elements.

2 track headroom hl 9 5 sideroom 4 5 required. If the door is 8 ft.