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Originally posted by slotcar
Autobonrun, how to do raise your garage door...in the photo, it looks like the door (when raised), wouldn't clear the top of the car (the one on the lift). Is is just an illusion from the photo....just curious if you had to play muscial chairs....using go-jaks etc.... BTW the flooring looks great.
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Just an illusion. Everything clears. The door rides over the top of the tracks which puts it over the top car. However, the hinge that connects the door to the chain pull mechanism stops just behind the targa bar, so the cars have to be forward enough for it not to contact the rear window. Notice I keep the SC a little more forward on the lift for that reason. It misses it by a few inches but this is a case where an inch is good as a foot since it always stops at the same place. The limiting factor in my case is the automatic door opener itself.
As pointed out, an option is the front mounted Dalton unit but you may want to research it. There are several writeups on the unit on the internet. There have been some mechanical issues with the earlier units and I don't whether they've been solved. Some of the local installers have stopped carrying the Dalton for that reason.
I agree that to a degree, the higher the ceiling the better. If building a garage, the most economical height, for a couple reasons is to do the calculations up front and take everything into account and not go any higher. This is both from a construction cost standpoint and also related to heating. I heat my garage in winter and it's a lot easier to heat a smaller volume. I said earler a minimum of 11' but maybe 12' would be better; never know if you might want to slide an M5 under there one day.
Thanks for the comment on the floor. It's been in now about a year. It works out great.