Rough Garage Door Framing Detail

If garage door height extends above the opening the headroom measurement should be adjusted proportionately.

Rough garage door framing detail.

The doors extend beyond the finished trim you see from the front a fact that must be taken into consideration when framing and preparing the area for installation. Maintain a simple consistent nailing pattern. Cut four 2 x 4 trimmers to this length and nail two each to either side of the rough opening. This will give you room to space the door frame off of the sub.

Measure area labeled backroom 6 distance is measured from the garage door opening toward the back wall of the garage. Pay close attention that both short walls will fit between the two long walls which will be erected and braced first. If this is going to be a problem i guess we could lower the height of the opening for the door 6 and use a 7 6 high garage door. These trimmers should be.

There are three simple rules to framing rough openings efficiently. Does 15 leave enough room for the door tracks and a center mount chain driven electric door opener. 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. 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.

As the distance between the king studs. Additional back room may be required for automatic garage door. You should add 2 1 2 to the height of the actual 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.

A rough opening refers to the space left inside a door or window frame door in this case where the actual door will be fitted. This is the more complicated of the short walls since it contains the overhead door rough opening. And avoid toenailing when possible. 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.

Framing rough opening sizes are really quite simple. Now lets look at the short garage wall framing elevation components diagram at the right. Hello dear customer or builder hope this can help you in building the right frame work for your new garage door. Just add 2 to the width of the actual door size.

All of the rough framing has just been completed. Getting the rough opening size right the first time will save you from frustration when installing your doors. Several garage door people have told me they want 18. Frame the rough opening for the garage door to 3 inches wider than the garage door you have selected.