garage door clearance?

[mritech1]

I am building a 36x60 shop with 14ft eves. I am at the point to where I am ordering garage doors. 3 12x12's. My question is is there really any benefit to having the doors up tight against the 7/12 pitch roof when in th up position as I have seen on other here? I would lose the ability to loft that area for storage when I do that. Even if I install a lift someday I would have about thirteen feet of clearance with them in the traditional 90 degree position. The extra cost of the say 45 degree tracks are an additional $400.00. Thanks for any input.

 

[mritech1]

Must have been a stupid question. I just was wondering what others would do as I don't want to look back and say.......why didn't I think of that, which I probably will do anyway.

 

[bluesman2a]

I'm in much the same position with my planning/shop build. I plan on keeping the door close to the roof-line. While mine is more on the order of a 14' wall, I just think the closer tracks/door look better.

So, no it's not a stupid question (or at least I asked myself the same), but personally I can't see any reasons beyond aesthetics and/or clearance.

Also my door guy didn't mention any additional cost for doing rails following the roof-line, so it was an easier decision for me. What you MAY be seeing is the cost of the fake panel to position the door correctly. This cost goes away if you use a jackshaft opener, if I understand correctly. I'm only doing a 10' door, so I'll be using an LM3800, based on the recommendation from the door-guy.

 

[mritech1]

Thanks for the input, I will probably just do the 90 degree usual. Just for clarification I too have 14ft walls, I was getting confused about the limiting factor of the 1.5 ft overhang and the 7/12 pitch roof.