Garage Door Rough Opening Chart

9 and 10 feet high garage doors are less common.

Garage door rough opening chart. Frame the rough opening to 3 inches wider than the garage door size you have selected. 1 2 or 1 in one direction of the other will won t typically cause you to have to shop for a non standard garage door size. First column in the above chart is in imperial system width x height in feet and second column is in metric measurements garage door width x height in centimeters. The size of the door will be approximately the same as this sometimes called the rough opening next measure the sideroom or space available on the left and right sides of the opening.

Standard garage doors in our area are 8 9 16 and 18 wide. Exact measurements are important to ensuring the correct fit and proper operation of your door. If the door is 7 tall frame the opening 7 1 5. You get the picture.

If you are installing a 9 wide door the opening will be 9 3 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. Some manufacturers offer width from 7 up to 18 with 1 increment. Use the diagram below to measure the rough opening for your roll up door or mini storage door.

Frame the rough opening to a height that is 1 5 taller than the door that you have selected. On each side although some systems can require up to 5 1 2 in. 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. C header bracket width.

If it s 9ft the opening must be 9ft 3 inches and so on. Jambs go in vinyl weatherstrip known in the garage door trade as a stop goes on last. Frame a few houses with a carpenter and you ll see. The width of the rough opening should be 3 inches greater than the width of the garage door you are purchasing.

Rough opening for an over head door is the actual size of the door in this case 8 x 7. 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. Calculate your measurements to the closest fraction of an inch to make sure you have an accurate door size. 99 of the residential garage doors that we run across are different than these widths.

Next you will need to know your door height.