Garage Door Framing Opening

For more information about all the necessary measurements go to how to measure a garage door.

Garage door framing opening.

Frame the rough opening for the garage door to 3 inches wider than the garage door you have selected. 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. Framing rough opening sizes are really quite simple. However if you are putting bricks thick river rock stones marble or anything else on both sides that is more than 1 thick you will want the rough opening the same.

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. 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. For those who are not familiar with what this is. Cut four 2 x 4 trimmers to this length and nail two each to either side of the rough opening.

How to frame a garage door opening. 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. Let s talk about the garage door rough opening first. These trimmers should be.

So if your door is 9ft wide your. The garage door rough opening. Therefore making the width of the garage door rough opening the same size as the door would be fine if you are going to use a thin layer of stucco vinyl siding or 1 by lumber. 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.

Just add 2 to the width of the actual door size. You should add 2 1 2 to the height of the actual door. Getting the rough opening size right the first time will save you from frustration when installing your doors. Rough opening of garage door.

This will give you room to space the door frame off of the sub. If you already have all your measurements verified you can proceed to frame the garage door opening.