How To Rough Frame A Garage Door
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.
How to rough frame a garage door. Next your rough opening height should be 1 5 inches taller than the 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. The rough opening of a garage door should be 3 inches wider than the door itself. The opening must be finished framed before a garage door can be installed.
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. If you are installing a 9 wide door the opening will be 9 3 wide. How to frame a garage doors opening in this case 9ft wide by 8ft tall. Most garage door openings are just rough openings when the home is built.
How to measure the finished width and height use of 2x4s for the sides and header. 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. After this you just need to bring in the opening size to the exact size of the garage. These trimmers should be.
The jambs need to be 17 inches. If you are installing a 9 wide door the opening will be 9 3 wide. The garage door rough 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.
Frame the rough opening to 3 inches wider than the garage door size you have selected. So if your door is 9ft wide your rough opening should be 9ft 3 inches. Cut four 2 x 4 trimmers to this length and nail two each to either side of the rough opening.