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garage door rails question

pops98

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I have read a few threads about garage doors and lift in the garage. I am starting on my 3 bay garage, I will be using a scissor truss over one bay, and was wondering if it is possiblle to have the mounting rails follow the rise of the trusses, rather than having them hanging in the air and building long supports .
 
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jamm5266

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I did just what you are wanting. You won't find anything at Lowes or HD, but it shouldn't be any problem for a garage door company to provide the necessary track.
 

katmat

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I did just what your talking about when i raised my ceiling for a lift. The garage door guy used some of the existing rails & some new ones. He had to install bigger springs because the door doesn't start turning until the door gets higher.
Matt Murphy
 

W-Cummins

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I don't know why not, mine follow the pitch of the roof.


William...
 

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loulou61

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I just had a alum. door installed on my house garage. Went to Lowes and H.D. and got a price. On a whim I went to a door service ( all they do is commercial and residential doors ) in Baton Rouge and checked out a similar door. The door place was cheaper for the door and less for the installation. If I were you I would check out some of the local door business's in your area.
 

Tman

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I just had a alum. door installed on my house garage. Went to Lowes and H.D. and got a price. On a whim I went to a door service ( all they do is commercial and residential doors ) in Baton Rouge and checked out a similar door. The door place was cheaper for the door and less for the installation. If I were you I would check out some of the local door business's in your area.

Yup! I have a bit of experience around remodeling and homebuilding......look for a local door contractor, I prefer Martin or Clopay. Avoid the big box stores like the plague. I was getting Clopay(one of the largest mfgrs) doors priced out, their basic insulated model was as nice as Menards top of the line for the same price as Menards basic POS.

And after installing a few and actually getting good and fast...........i would still pay the $150 install fee they are getting around here! I hate those door installs!
 

CraigFL

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The real trick to make a door operate smoothly is to have it sit in the tracks in such a way that the force required to pull it up doesn't change much from closed to fully open. In a regular setup, the door is essentially balanced by the springs when the door is closed. As the door rises, the upper part of the door curves around and sits on the upper track relieving some of the lifted weight. At the sime time, the spring is unwinding(in the case of a torsion spring) or getting less extended(as in the case of an extension spring) and less force is applied to the door. The two working together make the force required to lift the door almost equal throughout the travel. This works well for the safety mechanisms in the door lift because they are set according to the force-- a large increase in force going downwards signifies the door is blocked because something is under it.

So, while it may work with the track modified to follow the trusses, it may be difficult to adjust the safety mechanisms unless you can adjust the springs to balance the weight differently or you will get false trips.
 

JohnZ

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I think this is what you're asking about - belongs to a friend of mine; the door tracks parallel the inclination of the roof.

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