Cost To Increase Garage Door Height

Increase garage door height.

Cost to increase garage door height.

Access was via galv external. Also to be able to use my scissor lift fully as at present i can. The closest i have done to this is raising a 7 foot door to 8 for an 8 wide door and that ran 3000 roughly but only involved adding a panel to the door and added track sections for added height. Widening garage door opening in cinder block wall 6 answers hey i got a dilemma that is i have to increase a garage door opening from 7 feet to 12 feet and add a foot in height to the door from 9 to 10.

I removed some siding and and re did the trim on the top of the door and then recovered every thing with aluminum and installed new rubber garage door sill around the opening. That made my door height two inches taller. Yes my aim is to be able to be able to move things that are higher that 6ft in through the door. I had a 2x6 on the flat under the header so i just removed that and cut a half inch off the header.

Standard spring anchor bracket kits cost 7 50 and the end bearing plate kits cost 9 00. My garage is 23 feet wide and when we installed the header we ran the header all the way across the width of the garage so the header is 23 feet long. An alternative would be a pocket garage door that slides sideways on tracks from within the garage door itself so that again the height or width are not effected. Now i want to raise the door 21 inches by adding another panel to my rollup door.

You are doing basically the same thing just wider rather than higher so you will be neding an entirely new gaarage door. Remove roof of double garage 4 5 courses of bricks above garage door height to raise it new roof with 2 velux at rear and 2 small dormers at the front and a toilet. We re building at the moment and i have thought of everything except the garage door height. The replacement garage door should be one that hangs above the front of the garage and lowers down from the outside so it doesn t affect the height of the garage.

Archive view return to standard view. If you need a shaft to convert to a high lift system we recommend buying a shaft locally from a steel supply center or a steel scrap yard. Hi thanks again for the replies. You can view other options and prices at our garage door bearings and plates page.