Garage Door Rough Frame

Behind the door lies an entire system of components that allow the door to work.

Garage door rough frame. 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. The rough opening of a garage door should be 3 inches wider than the door itself. Cut four 2 x 4 trimmers to this length and nail two each to either side of the rough opening. If the door is 7 tall frame the opening 7 1 5.

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 to a height that is 1 5 taller than the door that you have selected. If you are installing a 9 wide door the opening will be 9 3 wide.

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. Frame the rough opening for the garage door to 3 inches wider than the garage door you have selected. After this you just need to bring in the opening size to the exact size of the garage door. Frame the rough opening to 3 inches wider than the garage door size you have selected.

For instance if the width of the garage door is 8ft the rough opening should be 8ft 3 inches wide. 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 than the door. If it s 9ft the opening must be 9ft 3 inches and so on.