How do I make my garage door 6" taller? Has anybody done this???

[Rebeldad1]

my issue isnt with the door opening. its wide enough.... the floor is concrete so i dont want to lower it.
The opening is going to be a easy fix other than a 125 mile round trip to purchase new door opening trim.

adding 6" to the bottom with its own rollers and hinges may work. I know I still need to raise the tracks and opener.

Didnt know they made door panels in assorted heights. not sure what brand the door is. its probably 20-30 years old.

It may require a new door...

Keep the ideas coming...
THANKS!!

 

[coldsteelva]

Garage door edge seal trim and door weather seal is available on Amazon - no driving necessary.

 

[fidowanttobe]

X2. You may even get one panel from a local door distributor that is taller. However, if the door is 30 years old, I'd upgrade to a new one rather than stick money into it.

On our last overhead door, they made 24", 21" 18" panels, mix or match, so you could have most any size door you wanted. You might check on your brand, and possibly find a panel 6" wider, so you only had to change one panel.

 

[zzvyb6]

How many panels make up the door. Add 6/(no of panels+1) to the top or bottom of each panel.

 

[dannoGT]

Helped neighbour do something like this year's ago. The original plan was to raise the garage door and add 1 more panel but as people have pointed out there really wasn't enough header above door especially in snow load country. So what we ended up doing was raising entire garage. Now this wasn't as big a deal as you would think! The garage had good solid concrete floor and we cleaned out garage and then built timber cribs in each corner of garage. The ceiling joists were all open so we added 2x8 under joists to distribute the load and then he had an old 30 ton hydraulic jack and we spent two days going from corner to corner lifting 1/4 inch at a time and shimming as went. So once we had it up one more panel that was same height as 2 rows of 10 inch concrete blocks. So we built a short block wall under the garage walls and then set everything back down on new wall and added extra panel to garage door. The only other thing that need to be fixed was the man door in the side of garage needed to be brought back down and filled in above. He added some flashing above block put on some siding to cover block and it looked great!

 

[3Ts]

Before you raise the door tracks, see how much room you have above them and what the minimum distance to the ceiling is for the door. I'm in the camp for replacing the whole door because of it's age.

My wife and I replaced the header over a 16' door with the joists running parallel to the door and a two story building at that. It's not that hard, but you have to be accurate and it goes slow, it took us about a week to do it, but we were both working full time. That helped to ensure we didn't rush it. If you rush the lifting or lowering, you'll probably break something.

 

[bcp]

my issue isnt with the door opening. its wide enough.... the floor is concrete so i dont want to lower it.
The opening is going to be a easy fix other than a 125 mile round trip to purchase new door opening trim.

adding 6" to the bottom with its own rollers and hinges may work. I know I still need to raise the tracks and opener.

Didnt know they made door panels in assorted heights. not sure what brand the door is. its probably 20-30 years old.

It may require a new door...

Keep the ideas coming...
THANKS!!

If the door is taller, it will also go farther back when opened. Maybe both taller and longer tracks will be needed.

Bruce

 

[s219]

Why only 6"? If you have the space, add an entire additional panel (or two). I would imagine you can find one that will match the others, or be very close in appearance.

 

[Granthol]

If you have the height just go to the next size higher door and buy that door. You can get an 8 foot height.

 

[Deere Dude]

Why 6"? Is it to clear your roll bars or truck rack I am assuming. What happens if you get a taller tractor where 6" still wasn't enough to clear?