Garage Door Question

[Mysterious8675]

Hi everyone,

First time getting new garage doors and I already messed up. I bought tracks that require a foot of headroom. I was told by my contractor to get low clearance tracks for the door. I called Menards and they said I have to let them know exactly how much room I've got so they can get a low clearnace converter kit for it. Where exactly do I measure from? I'm assuming from ceiling to the very top of the door. Am I wrong? Please someone let me know where I need to measure from.

Thanks,
Myst

 

[accord driver]

I was just at my local Menards and they had low clearance kits in stock. You might want to see if yours does too.

 

[nova65ss]

How much headroom do you have from the top of the opening to the top of the ceiling?

 

[Daves75]

How much headroom do you have from the top of the opening to the top of the ceiling?

Wouldn't it be to the first obstruction? he could have a beam 15" back at the and sticking down 8". May not totally play into the headroom at the header. At least the way I was trained, you need to measure up from the header/ opening and then the nearest lowest obstruction. You may have 20" at the header, but 10" maybe three feet back.