How To Frame Up A Garage Door

Pull a measurement from the floor of your space to the ceiling next to the door opening.

How to frame up a garage door.

Most garage door openings are just rough openings when the home is built. The most expensive option is laying several courses of blocks on top of frost footings and then resting the edges of the slab on the blocks. It s typically made of three sections which are mounted horizontally and hinged together. 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.

The most popular garage door is the roll up sectional garage door. But this is also the most durable and long lasting option. How to frame a garage door 1. The door slides with rollers on a track attached to the sides of the door frame source.

Frame the rough opening for the garage door to 3 inches wider than the garage door you have selected. This lumber will be used to attach your garage door track and a portion of your assembly. Framing for garage door. 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.

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. That s what we re going to build. Adding one course of block to a slab keeps the garage door framing farther up from the ground which may be necessary depending on the grade. The opening must be finished framed before a garage door can be installed.