How To Frame A Garage Door Opening Video

Expand use of your garage by installing a screen garage door that works with your normal solid garage door and gives you more liveable space.

How to frame a garage door opening video.

A typical door opening is 2 inches 5 1 cm wider than the door size being installed to allow for the thickness of the jamb material and shims to plumb the jamb. 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. Measure your door carefully and cut the opening to fit using a reciprocating saw. How to frame a garage door opening it seems that everyday i get a call from a customer that is making changes to a garage and needs to know the best way to prepare the door opening.

Words like rough opening are thrown around and i m not sure if we are speaking about the same thing. Determine the size of the door opening. The size of the door opening will vary depending on the size of the door you plan to install. It s a screen door that covers the entire opening of your garage door but lifts away easily to leave the whole opening clear for your vehicles.

Overhead door company of the capital city authorized distributor for baton rouge and surrounding parishes 2155 church st. Zachary la 70791 south baton rouge. 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.