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I'm trying (unsuccessfully so far) to find out if there are alternatives to the traditional Overhead garage door system, with the same convenience but not the major inconvenient of taking vertical space!

My problem: I have a garage that is tall enough so that and I could stack cars with one of those stacking lifts (under $2000), which is much cheaper than getting my garage extended and dealing with unreliable contractors, city permits etc...

The overhead garage door rails (and the door itself when opened) are in the way right now, 1/2 of it sitting horizontally above my car. A door that opens outward would not work since you could not park there, obviously. I need a door that either "rolls up" like commercial ones, but does not look like crap (probably a tall order), or maybe the same type of overhead door that we all have, but that goes up vertically on its rails a lot higher than traditional, before it curves horizontally right under the ceiling. Not sure that can be done with the traditional systems ??? Or a plan C, like one that rolls open to a side - but I've never seen one and it might be up to hurricane code and require a floor rail...

Any ideas ?