How To Frame A Garage Door Rough Opening

It seems that everyday i get a call from a customer that is making changes to a garage and needs to know the best way to prepare the door opening.

How to frame a garage door rough opening. These trimmers should be. The rough opening of a garage door should be 3 inches wider than the door itself. How to frame a garage door opening. 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.

Words like rough opening are thrown around and i m not sure if we are speaking about the same thing. The opening must be finished framed before a garage door can be installed. A rough opening refers to the space left inside a door or window frame door in this case where the actual door will be fitted. How to frame a garage doors opening in this case 9ft wide by 8ft tall.

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. 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. 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. It s essential to get this measurement right else your newly purchased garage door won t fit the opening or might actually be smaller than the opening.

The garage door rough opening. So if your door is 9ft wide your rough opening should be 9ft 3 inches. Next your rough opening height should be 1 5 inches taller. Most garage door openings are just rough openings when the home is built.

Frame the rough opening for the garage door to 3 inches wider than the garage door you have selected. Cut four 2 x 4 trimmers to this length and nail two each to either side of the rough opening. How to measure the finished width and height use of 2x4s for the sides and header.