Park-Daddy PD50AA Installation Manual page 5

DETERMINING VEHICLE CLEARENCE
Locate Mounting Template at the end of this User Manual.
The distance from the inner part of the garage door and line "B" of the
Mounting Template can be determined by the following:
1. With the garage door in the closed position, determine the inner most point of the
interior section of the garage door including handles, hinges, supports, hurricane struts
or trusses and any other protrusion attached to the interior of the door.
2. Using a pencil, erasable marker or a piece of tape, mark the floor of the garage at each
end of the garage door twice approximately 6 inches apart at the inner most point of
the interior section of the garage door. Run a straight edge from both marks to the
mounting walls and place a mark on the bottom of each mounting wall.
3. By marking the mounting walls as determined in the previous paragraph, you can now
find a safe clearance. From that mark, you will add different variables such as roll back
allowance after putting your car in the park position and releasing the brake and other
variables like bumper moldings and trim and/or trailer hitches and trailer hitch
receivers. Always add an additional 1 inch safety margin. Example: 1 inch safety margin
+ 3 inches for roll back + 1 inch for bumper trim = 5 inches clearance.
4. From the marks, you made on the mounting walls add the clearance measurement and
mark the mounting walls again extending the mark away from the garage door. You now
have determined the measurement that will be the placement of line "B" on the
Mounting Template. (See Figure 3)