Rough Opening Garage Door Size

Now all you need to know is how to properly frame your door rough opening.

Rough opening garage door size.

You should add 2 1 2 to the height of the actual door. Framing rough opening sizes are really quite simple. Most vertical track systems with torsion springs or other hardware require 3 3 4 in. For instance if the width of the garage door is 8ft the rough opening should be 8ft 3 inches wide.

But electrical door opener will require more space and typically 14 18 inches distance from the door track to garage ceiling will be sufficient for proper installation and fully functional opener. Frame the rough opening to 3 inches wider than the garage door size you have selected. If the door is 7 tall frame the opening 7 1 5. If it s 9ft the opening must be 9ft 3 inches and so on.

If you are installing a 9 wide door the opening will be 9 3 wide. For instance if you have a 16 door and are using river stones that are approximately 2 to 2 1 2 you will want the rough opening to be roughly pun intended 16 6. Standard sizes standard garage doors in our area are 8 9 16 and 18 wide. On each side although some systems can require up to 5 1 2 in.

How to frame a garage door 1. The rough opening is equal to the size of the door but you need to figure back head and side room before choosing and installing the new garage door. Step 1 measure the old door if you are replacing an existing door with one of the same size or the new door of choice if you are building a new garage. 99 of the residential garage doors that we run across are different than these widths.

Cut four 2 x 4 trimmers to this length and nail two each to either side of the rough opening. The size of the door will be approximately the same as this sometimes called the rough opening next measure the sideroom or space available on the left and right sides of the opening. Make sure garage itself has sufficient head room for the door opening which often has to be minimum 6 7 inches. Measure the distance from the bottom plate of the wall to a point that is 1 1 2 inches higher that the garage door height.

Width of garage door opening standard widths are 8 9 10 12 14 16 17 and 18 height of the garage door opening standard residential heights are 7 7 6 8 header the header is ideally a minimum 12 wide micro laminated beam that spans the width of the garage door opening. Frame the rough opening for the garage door to 3 inches wider than the garage door you have selected. This post is intended for purposes of clarifying how garage door sizes work and opening preparation. Frame the rough opening to a height that is 1 5 taller than the door that you have selected.

Just add 2 to the width of the actual door size.