When I was a lad, our garage door was hinged across the top. When you opened it, it did not use up any space inside the garage.

They don't seem to make these any mo garage doors either lift up entirely into the roof space or sit with 2/3 in and 1/3 out.

Is there a good reason why people don't top-hinge them any more? For a garage that is really a workshop it would seem ideal, leaving all the roof space for storing 'stuff'.

Robert