very well done bud 25 years here in resi and commercial. this id the best viedo i have seen in a real low headroom situation well done ...clap clap clap.cheers well done.

Love Grandfathers that just think it through and make it happen. Some rubbed off onto my dad and I think I got some of that wisdom as well. That's why I'm here. Totally new area for me, but, gotta get it done.

Dude you are a genius. I have an 89" ceiling and I thought I was not going to be able to do it. Found the super senaky brackets online. Come to Atlanta and put mine in! lol

Double low head room, rear mount torsion set up. I installed many of those over the years. I love your opener solution.

I want to say thank you so much for this video! Afyer my husband and I worked at ot for like 10 hours lmao I came across this video! You saved us from having to return out door opener and possibly not having a door opener at all! Your concept worked perfectly and i cant thank you enough for thinking ouside the box! Awesome job! Awesome video! 5 stars

I can't believe I found exactly what I needed to see. Really nice job man.

That's the most impressive setup I've ever seen.

That’s the longest door arm I’ve ever seen lol

I just received another "no" from a garage door professional because of low headroom, so this video gives me hope that I can electrify mine this summer myself. You really did a beautiful job!

I like the way you did that. I have a 7ft garage door with a 10ft ceiling and a lifted truck that wont fit. I'm in the process of raising the header to probably 9ft. Then use a jackshaft opener and 24 or 30 radius curves to have the door ride along the ceiling. Everyone tells me its not possible and its gonna be a waste of money to Mcguyver it together. I think buying the parts you need instead of a kit thats going to need to be modified will be cheaper.

This is awesome job Your grandpa is a good solving problems guy , he extended the steel lifting cables and extended the linkage with the door with a square bar , very professional done . I am mechanical Engineer and that is one of the job I consider " one of the kind job" to fix your garage door problem. Congratulations it was AWESOME

Ingenious! Clever! Brilliant! I am glad I came accross your video. I have same situation with my garage door, where the top pannel is mounted on a hinged wheel holder. Then the clearance is within 1/4'' like you. I was hoping to use a door opener, but could not figure how. Now I know how! Thanks for sharing!

This video was inspirational! I had to work a little further out of your box, but it worked amazingly. Thank you Grandfather for the hinge idea. It worked perfectly!!

Oh my goodness, thank you so much for thinking of this and sharing it. My contractor got to the end of my garage project and broke the news to me that I would not be able to have an automatic garage door opener because there was not enough clearance .... Then my mom found your video. My contractor followed your instructions and it saved me from having to get out of my car with my two-year-old daughter inside EVERY time I go into or out of the garage... For our safety and convenience, thank you.

There’s always a way to make a garage door automatically open I love that idea as long as it works then we can enjoy using it 😁👍 very nicely done ✅

Your video helped me out greatly in setting up my garage opener. I as well have low headroom in my garage. Your grandfather is a genius! Your explanations great!

Good evening. I just wanted to comment and say this also is exactly what I needed. I really don't know whether I can accomplish this big project but it is great to see that it can be done. My other option is for Carriage swing doors that are on there now but I might give this a try. So once again thank you for this video. It is the most creative and detail how to video that I have ever seen. Have a blessed night!!!

Excellent video, thank you for this! Car-Wal in Ontario refuse to talk about this method, they just want to sell me an overpriced build-down system where i lose 9 inches of door clearance. Thankfully managed to find someone eventually that will install this way. Thanks to your grandfather too!

Rite on bud this fixes my problem. Tell your grandfather thank you very much you should.patton this. I was installing a 16' wide door this was a garrage package and the company really didn't have a clue what they were doing. This is a great fix for this common problem

Thanks for making this video. I just installed a door opener today and ran into this issue and my dad found your video so we did what you did and works great. Well done.

Hi Jake, thanks for sharing I ran into the same issue today l, saw your video and I was relieved 😌 Props from Toronto Canada 🇨🇦

Great job, buddy! That solution with the rail is ingenious.

Thats a bad ass setup. Nice work. Definitely gave me some solutions to my problems. No where near as tight but I'm still hitting rafters with the new garage door since it's a single track.

Your grandpa is a very intelligent man

Your grandfather sounds like a smart guy. I may have to use this idea. Thanks very much.

Exactly what I needed to see after digging into 2 garage doors very similar. Thank you

I'm doing this this weekend! Shame on the garage door industry for not finding a solution to garage doors like this.

Thanks. I need to do a far back set up, but I have rafters running parallel to the opener shaft. So I can use the space to put the rail up top. I have to go far back to clear a support beam and low hanging ductwork though. Thanks

That's a pretty sweet set up. I like how you placed the spring all the way at the back

I love the whole install! Seen lots of this because I have been doing doors for 22 years now. Excellent!

I was thinking exactly what you did would work!! perfect now i can buy my garage door opener! thanks for sharing!

Extremely slick. Now to go full spectrum on it. ;) Those exposed cables which are parallel to the ground could probably be run inside a conduit, maybe plastic, so when the spring breaks(they all break eventually) or even cable(although it takes both to break on torsion system) breaks, the cable would be somewhat contained from flying everywhere. BTW, I'm diggin' the triangulation on the spring anchor. ;)

Same exact situation I’m dealing with right now. Thank you for showing me the light.

Mind Blown! Wish i saw this a week ago..

Well done. Thanks for sharing 👍🏼

Amazing set up I never seen the drums moved way back interesting..

Thanks for the video. You solved my similar dilemma with an 8-foot door. 👍👍👍

Very well done. Great work. I am about to do an install that isn't much different and this video helped me a lot. Thanks for posting.

Creative and well done, Jake!

Just did this on a 15 wide x 10 foot tall door. It works great! Tanks for the the idea

Not only is it rear torsion, it also looks like a reversed torsion as well. Meaning, winding a righthand wound spring backwards. Only makes sense with the reversed torsion bottom brackets & the drums set on the outside of torsion tube. I've done quite the engineering to get doors in like this. Instead of a lengthy J arm extension, I've went up between the rafters with the rail, and only the motor sits flush at ceiling height Great build my friend

Wish I'd seen this sooner! Just got our "low headroom" garage door and rails delivered and the rails have 2 tracks on them?? Pretty sure the definition of "low headroom" for us was confused as an installer said "low headroom" kit will actually make the garage door final height when open LOWER and not higher up close to the ceiling like we wanted...Oh, and he thought it will cost us another $1k+ for new rails + $1k for the install?! Still working through what options we have w the existing double rail kit. We are not even doing an opener and he said the door will be heavier to open than a standard kit. What a mess. Thanks for the video though as it gives me a place to start now I know it is possible.

Man it did help you not just helped me no you saved me seriously , thank you thank you so mush ❤️ , am from africa and i was thinking to start this business here in my country and i start geting informations aaaandddd look at youuu you gives me everything 😄❤️❤️

Well, You have a great Grandad. I'm a grandad as well and I need to solve my problem (no Headroom) too. Thanks for the info.

Awesome job! Could you have maybe mounted a jackshaft to the rear torsion? Your grandfather was a visionary type of fella I'm guessing. Ingenious idea. I seen something like that using 2 solid steel chain motor rails working in tandem.

Its actually not a torsion bar but we get the point, fantastic solution so cherish that grandpa.

Your grandfather is a genius!

Sir! Wow! You just blew my mind! You're grandpa is awesome!Well done. It looks amazing! Any chance you can show me how you did the cables on the side that is mounted to the torsion bar?

awesome video! so little info out there on setups with under 4" of headroom. American ingenuity at its best!

That’s awesome very clever 👍🏽

That is pretty slick nice job

This helped very much thank you!

well this is going to help me so much thank you

Impressive! Facing this issue in the garage of the older home I recently purchased. Unfortunately, I don't have the skills needed to make this work and I'm sure if the garage door guy that said "no can do" has the ability to do it, he would triple his price. Maybe I'll look into more of a handyman type of contractor.

Great job bud 👍 👏

This is exactly what I needed

Thank you great job very helpful.

Nice job!

Nice Work!!

and he got this door in with in 3 inch's very impressive.for a 7 foot high door.

That's a great idea. Thank you

Helped me Thanks to you and Grandpa!

Old school problem solving. I like it.

Thansk for sharing, super inspiring!

Thank you Jake. a very helpful video I have an identical garage and I'm encountering same headroom problem. I was about give up when I found your video. Can you tell me which super sneaky set you used in your install.

Really cool. I have the same problem. My rafters at 87 inches also. Did you cut the bottom vertical track where the wheel goes?

That’s impressive. I’ve never understood why a garage would ever be designed with such low headroom. That defeats the purpose of having a garage with the ability to use a garage door opener. All that being said, this is an ingenious solution to what seemed to be an impossible problem.

Very clever!

Simply AMAZING!!!

Well done, everyone is telling me it can’t be done

this video solved my problem thanks

Rear torsion is smart. I have a low garage too. I think mine is the same height. Under house garage, ceiling is concrete. I'm thinking of trying the rear torsion setup with a genie 6170 side mount opener. I will try to install it on the ceiling. I don't see any reason why it wouldn't work. Thanks for the vid.

Great job! Question. Why did you use a double track system when the upper track isn’t being used? Did the upper track not end up working? I need to do this but want to use regular track. Thanks!

Wow good job man.

Well done!

It does help someone - that's me - thank you

Jake, I am like so many others - this is JUST what I need to shift from a single pc door. Your Grandfather is a terrific mech engineer. Is there a way to get some plans with specifics to replicate ??

GREAT ! Same question... Did you cut your bottom rail. And did you add a pulley each side and chose a longer steel cable since you installed your torsion in the back. Thanks

Rear torsion, very fun!!!

That is tier 1 level awesome 👍

I agree. Genius. Well done.

This is a great video. Thanks so much! You would not believe the problems I am having with garage door installers saying it can't be done. The attitude with them seems to be if they weren't taught it in garage door school, it can't be done. All I need is a person with a brain, not a robot.

So Jake, when you gonna make a kit for us no-so-savvy DIYers and make yourself a cool million or more? Very nice solution.

Great video , Looks as though there has to be pressure on top panel in order for sneaky brackets to work ? So this can not be done on a manual opening garage door ?

Don't get me wrong. The use of Super Sneakys are a great idea to solve a low headroom problem However, it can cause another problem. That is, a small obstruction (child leg) under the door will maybe cause the opener to not reverse reliably. The top section panel (with the Super Sneakys installed) now has the "downward" back pressure very much reduced from the opener. The opener "pressure" or force is now mostly horizontal, folding the hinge up to close the top section. There is a area where the opener may not sense an obstruction correctly. Because the opener needs to sense the vertical back pressure from an obstruction the safety aspect is contravened. Beware Americans. Blessings from New Zealand

That's slick

Very nice idea, I have 88”. Now I need some metal.

Very good job

How did you install the torsion bar in the back. Is there special bracket for that if so were can I get them at

Do they make a long enough drive belt that would work with this type of setup? My neighbor has the same garage height/clearance problem as you and this would probbaly work, but he hates the loud sound of the chain drive compared to my nice and quiet belt drive system.

Do you remember what the height of the finished opening was? I'm trying to replace an existing door that's 6'6" tall with a 7' tall door. I just want to make sure that the weather strip is still going to hit the top style and not load across the raised panels

This is almost the exact setup that I have in my garage, and I'm needing to switch my 1-piece door out this summer. Where did you purchase the garage door kit with the rear mount torsion? Do you happen to have a model number or part number? Thanks!

Nice job.

thanks grampa!

I looking to see if I can do this at my house. I went and measured my parents 7’ door and the top of the rail measured 91”. How is your less than 87”? Also looking at yours, it has two rails on top? Is that a low head room kit also?

Hey this is super helpful! I want to add a garage door and enclose my carport, but because of a beam and the roof sloping, I have about 87” as well to work with. My question is, how are the cables routed near the door in order to attach to the door since normally those pulleys are mounted directly above the door rather than put back behind the door if that makes sense. Also is that just a bracket/strut you are using to mount the track or is it a double track? Hard to tell in the video. Thank you again for this! Super helpful in figuring out how to do mine.

What is the actual effective height clearance when the garage door is up? (Meaning how tall can your car be before it hits something?

Thank you

Thank you.

What type of track did you use? Regular or low clearance, or straight? No one up here wants to do this!