How To Trim Garage Door In Log Home

How to trim a garage door opening 1.

How to trim garage door in log home. The family handyman senior editor travis larson will show you how to trim a door in about 10 minutes per side. Frontline pro series 7 1 2 in. Choose the 3 4 d trim for use with our 1 4 log sidings and the 4 4 d trim for 1 2 log sidings. Our pine and cedar trim is available in smooth or hand hewn to match your log siding choice.

The fillet a 1x6 and the cap molding. Measure the inside dimensions of the garage door jamb horizontally across the top and vertically along both sides. Now from both inside and outside you ll need to get the sizes for the top of the garage door. Learn how to install our vinyl thermostop garage door trim.

Measure for the brick molding the trim that will face the street starting with the top piece. Throughout the framing process be sure to double check the measurements of your garage door and your lumber to make sure that everything is proportioned correctly and will line up just right. This will determine how long your trim will need to be. Achieving a full log look without the expense is easy with the right trim and corners.

White aluminum clad garage door frame with crownline casing. These trims are cut and installed prior to the log siding application. The addition of a new garage door is bound to make your home look great and framing your garage door well is necessary for its stability and function. With a miter saw separate two pieces of trim to those sizes.

Measure the top of the garage door. Use a hack saw to cut the trim to the length you need. Nail trim against the frame. Our versatile log siding trim is shaped like a d for a full log look.

Traditionally this cap molding was solid but since a solid molding this large is hard to come by we substituted 2 1 4 in. If you are adding trim to other parts of the door cut those pieces out as well. Step 3 position the weather stripping and trim above the garage. We offer a variety of trim and corners to match quarter log half log and full log siding installations.

The final step for both the door and the window trim is building and installing the head casing assembly. Use an angle gauge to. Don t forget windows doors need log trim too. The project will take a little longer the first time you do it but you ll be trimming out doors like a pro in no time.