Rough Openeing Garage Door

Many 16 x 7 garage doors will be designed with a pair of single 8 foot garage door bays separated by a central post or column.

Rough openeing garage door.

If it s 9ft the opening must be 9ft 3 inches and so on. Framing rough opening sizes are really quite simple. Frame a few houses with a carpenter and you ll see. If you are installing a 9 wide door the opening will be 9 3 wide.

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. 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. You should add 2 1 2 to the height of the actual door. 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.

Rough opening for an over head door is the actual size of the door in this case 8 x 7. I know many of you want to pick up the phone or scour the internet for prices and models but you may not have enough information. You will 1st need to know the width and the height of the garage door opening. This will give you room to space the door frame off of the sub floor.

Jambs go in vinyl weatherstrip known in the garage door trade as a stop goes on last. The standard size for double garage doors is 16 feet wide and 7 to 8 feet high. 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 3 inches wider than the garage door size you have selected.

Many home builders do not consider this a structural necessity but a style and price choice for the homeowner. Just add 2 to the width of the actual door size. Getting the rough opening size right the first time will save you from frustration when installing your doors. For everyone else let s cover some basics.

If you have a rough opening that is unfinished and you need a guide in to getting the door ready for an installation you can find our how to guide here. This guide is intended primarily for our builder customers to explain in detail the measurements and condition we need the work site to be in to properly co. For instance if the width of the garage door is 8ft the rough opening should be 8ft 3 inches wide. 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.

A rough opening is the size of the opening before any finish work has been done.