9 Garage Door Rough Opening

Some may do it a little different but this has worked for me.

9 garage door rough opening.

Frame the rough opening to 3 inches wider than the garage door size you have selected. 99 of the residential garage doors that we run across are different than these widths. 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. Rough opening for an over head door is the actual size of the door in this case 8 x 7.

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 a few houses with a carpenter and you ll see. 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. Hope this helps you.

It should be obvious that you don t use twice the thickness for the height since you will not be putting anything on the floor but you have been reminded just in case this thought escaped you at the moment. Jambs go in vinyl weatherstrip known in the garage door trade as a stop goes on last. This would allow you to frame and wrap and apply the door seal around the outside of the door after it is installed with 2 x 4 or 6 boards. 1 2 or 1 in one direction of the other will won t typically cause you to have to shop for a non standard garage door size.

The height of the rough opening would be the height of the garage door plus the thickness of whatever you are putting underneath the header in addition to the thickness of the mortar etc. 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. 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. For most homes the standard single car garage door is 8 to 9 feet wide and 7 to 8 feet high.

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. Standard garage doors in our area are 8 9 16 and 18 wide. If you are installing a 9 wide door the opening will be 9 3 wide.