stuart in mn wrote: For an opener, assuming you have a torsion spring operated door the hot setup is the Liftmaster 3800: http://www.liftmaster.com/lmcv2/pages/productmodeldetail.aspx?modelId=19724 It mounts on the end of the torsion rod, which eliminates having anything overhead that will get in the way of a lift. This photo shows one, it also shows a high mounted track that gets the opened door up as high as possible.
This is the setup I went with and it's great. Nothing hogging space in the center of the ceiling, nice and quiet, all wireless operation and setup and because the door goes up so far it does not extend back into the garage very far when it's all the way up so not only is there clearance on the height, lengthwise it's only using 36" of ceiling (in case of 4 post lift that might matter). Not a cheap option but if a lift is even a possibility it's worth it.
