Garage Door Safety Cable Length

Garage door lift cable.

Garage door safety cable length. Vertical lift and high lift doors require longer cables than standard lift doors because of the positioning and style of the cable drums. Made of galvanized steel for reliability. The overbuilt 8 ft. These garage door cables are for 7 or 8 tall torsion spring doors.

It has 7 strands with 7 wires per strand for strength and durability and an end to end tensile strength of 1 400 lb. 1 your cable drum manufacture and part 2. These garage door cables are sold in pairs you will receive two cables per order. There are open loop and thimble along with 5 16 3 8 and 1 2 spools.

They are similar to the garage door cables though usually lighter weight. Garage door cable length calculator. Garage door safety cable is made of galvanized steel and has a 1 8 in. Use the grid below to determine your correct replacement cable length for your garage door cables for doors using torsion springs only.

They are attached to the garage door track or wall near the stationary pulleys lace through the garage door springs and connect to the same support that the spring does. Use the menu to choose 7 or 8 foot. For standard lift residential garage doors the cable length should be the door height plus 18 inches. The necessary length of cable varies based on the door and the style of lift.

Safety cables keep a broken garage door spring from sailing around the garage. You will need some information before beginning. Designed for garage doors.