Framing Overhead Garage Door Opening

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.

Framing overhead garage door opening.

It is the owner and or the owners contractor to prepare the opening for the garage door. This diagram is not intended as designs for building a new garage it shows the minimum framing needs for the installation of an overhead style garage door. 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. The rough opening should be slightly larger than the size of your garage door to leave room for the frame.

In the garage door installation business we refer to the rough opening or the rough framing as the size of the opening before the finished framing is applied. The face of a garage door tells only a portion of the story. Frame the rough opening for the garage door to 3 inches wider than the garage door you have selected. Pull a measurement from the floor of your space to the ceiling next to the door opening.

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. Cut two 2 x 6 pieces of lumber and attach to the face of the wall running from the edge of your garage door jambs to the ceiling of your garage. Cut four 2 x 4 trimmers to this length and nail two each to either side of the rough opening.