Rough Opening Dimensions For 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.

Rough opening dimensions for garage door.

Timely prefinished interior steel frame. 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. Frame the rough opening to 3 inches wider than the garage door size you have selected. This will give you room to space the door frame off of the sub floor.

Just add 2 to the width of the actual door size. Width of rough opening the width of the rough opening should be 3 inches greater than the width of the garage door you are purchasing. 99 of the residential garage doors that we run across are different than these widths. For a 3 0 x 7 0 door frame.

A opening width 1 1 4. If it s 9ft the opening must be 9ft 3 inches and so on. It is important to note that for a 16 foot wide garage door the header should be at minimum 9 inches longer than the door width meaning your header should be 16 feet 9 inches long. Framing rough opening sizes are really quite simple.

For instance if the width of the garage door is 8ft the rough opening should be 8ft 3 inches wide. Use shims and or caulk to seal gaps between wall and frame. Next you will need to know your door height. Measure the head room the distance between the top.

Most vertical track systems. Next measure the sideroom or space available on the left and right sides of the opening. Now all you need to know is how to properly frame your door rough 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.

Standard garage doors start at 7 tall and increase in increments of one foot. You should add 2 1 2 to the height of the actual door. 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. Begin by using a tape measure to determine the width and height of the door opening in inches.

Of frame is 40 x 86 as the frame face is 2 around all 3 sides. 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. Frame the rough opening to a height that is 1 5 taller than the door that you have selected. If you are installing a 9.

If the door is 7. The rough opening would be 40 1 2 x 86 1 4. Let s get started with your framing 1. Standard garage doors in our area are 8 9 16 and 18 wide.

Some manufacturers offer width from 7 up to 18 with 1 increment. For residential homes 99 of doors are either exactly 7 or 8 tall. To finish the opening. The 16 7 opening should be after the header and all the trim work is installed.