For low headroom system you do not need the additional 2 in.
Mount garage door opener finished ceiling.
Instead of using a rail track wall mounted garage door openers are connected to the door s torsion bar to operate the door.
If your rafters are going perpendicular to the opener cut the piece a few inches wider than the opener.
Cut two pieces for vertical hangs.
These systems can be used for any type of garage door including vertical standard and high lift doors.
Low headroom tracks and brackets if you have a low head room garage and don t need to worry about fitting your car inside then you might want to look into purchasing low head room tracks and brackets.
When equipping a garage door with an electric door opener add 2 in.
51 mm to standard lift movements.
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Add a third piece of angle iron at aprox.
My new garage door opener did not line up with the old one s position for the ceiling bracket.
The jackshaft garage door opener is just attached merely to torsion bar of the garage door.
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Easy to understand instructions and construction code friendly.
Fits all overhead garage door tracks.
The studs will be framed out around a prewired electrical outlet in the ceiling.
In most new residential buildings garages are prewired and framed for garage door opener installation.
They should drop down and attach to your opener.
In these situations finding the stud will be very easy.
Side mount garage door openers with vaulted or cathedral ceilings with a very low ceiling height or with obstructed ceilings such as those that are used for storing canoes bikes etc are ideal for jackshaft openers.
Jackshaft garage door openers are the most common type of wall mounted operators.
If i didn t have this mount i would have had to buy some 2x4 s and install support beams in the ceiling in order to hang the new garage door opener because in the new position there was nothing but drywall.
Thunder mounts garage system is the world s number one multi fit overhead garage door opener mount system.
This is a unique set of tracks that are built specifically for low ceiling garages that allows the door to turn quickly because they slope down into the garage instead of running parallel.
Instructions hardware chrome finish ring and all included.
Bonus chrome finish ring.