Anyone have a storage lift in their garage? If so, how high is your ceiling, and what did you do with the overhead door to make it work? It seems like most homes have 10 foot ceilings in the garage, and I can't see how that would work.
I've been debating a lift. My garage has a high ceiling...12+ feet. For the door, you need to modify the rails to extend up close to the ceiling before bending back, and you need to mount the opener right up against the ceiling. You can buy new rails at your local home improvement store.Anyone have a storage lift in their garage? If so, how high is your ceiling, and what did you do with the overhead door to make it work? It seems like most homes have 10 foot ceilings in the garage, and I can't see how that would work.
JonW it can be done, you will need to get a jackshaft mount openerhttp://www.liftmaster.com/consumerweb/pages/productmodeldetail.aspx?modelId=834 and as others said extend the rails to the ceiling. I almost have my two post lift done it a 10ft ceiling garage but this give you less clearance because the suspension hangs down. Blackshelby over at TS has a fourpost in his garage which I believe is 10ft. Here the post that has pics http://forum.teamshelby.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=13467&hl=blackshelby&st=0KMB, most lifts will fit under a 10' ceiling, but you can't stack 2 cars on top of each other in 10'. According to Ford, the height on the Mustang is 54". So 2 of them stacked would be 108", or 9'. That doesn't allow for any clearance between the cars, or the lift itself. I thought about "hollowing out" a place in the ceiling where the car would go, but that doesn't address the issue of the garage door and the opener.
Don't forget to add the space under the car from the ground up to the bottom of the floor boards plus the thickness of the ramps. With 10 feet you should have no problem standing under it ....unless your over 6 feet tall then you'd gave to hunch over a bit.I don't have exact measurements handy, but i looked into this. My ceilings are APPROXIMATELY 10' high, but I decided "NO" because I cannot raise the car high enough to stand completely underneath the car and work on it. For STORING cars it would have been fine, but my main goal was so I could WORK ON the car. For now I'll suffer by sliding around on my back.
Dave
George, I did all the math. It won't work for me. I'm 5' 11". I can just imagine raising the Shelby one inch too high and going right through the ceiling. :mofo:Don't forget to add the space under the car from the ground up to the bottom of the floor boards plus the thickness of the ramps. With 10 feet you should have no problem standing under it ....unless your over 6 feet tall then you'd gave to hunch over a bit.
I measured mine .....With the lift all the way up it is a 59" total lift above the floor but to the underside of the transmission mount it is about 69" (my car is lowered too).
my ceiling is 10ft 6" so I do have the extra room for my garage door opener above the car .
Hope this helps.
George.......
Scaredy cat !George, I did all the math. It won't work for me. I'm 5' 11". I can just imagine raising the Shelby one inch too high and going right through the ceiling. :mofo:
Dave
Why would it go up? The lift would be treated as "contents" and covered under that portion of your policy like anything else....unless it was "PERMANENTLY" installed (i.e. bolted to the ground). In that case you may need to have it shown as part of the house.Question- does the homeowner's insurance go up when you have a garage lift installed and/or do they value it with a "commericial" policy rate? :thinkerg:
I thought all lifts WERE bolted to the ground somehow?!? I don't know if I'd trust them if they weren't.Why would it go up? The lift would be treated as "contents" and covered under that portion of your policy like anything else....unless it was "PERMANENTLY" installed (i.e. bolted to the ground). In that case you may need to have it shown as part of the house.
+1 Mine even has casters so that it can be moved.I think most 4 post lifts are designed so they don’t need to be bolted to the ground.
Mine is not bolted down and it is fine.
Snoopy (or is it beach boy now?) isn't bolted to the ground, and you trust him.I thought all lifts WERE bolted to the ground somehow?!? I don't know if I'd trust them if they weren't.