How To Finish A Garage Door Opening

Unscrew or unbolt the brackets that support the garage door tracks and remove them.

How to finish a garage door opening.

You will need to measure both the height and the width of the garage door. Both operate in roughly the same way but just use a slightly different part for operation. Re trimming a garage door opening is a small thing that a homeowner can do to make a huge impact. Consider this when making the choice of what opener to buy.

Once all the trim has been removed you may close your garage door. How to measure the finished width and height use of 2x4s for the sides and header. The garage door sits on the front of your house facing the road like a giant blank canvass. This will determine how long your trim will need to be.

How to frame a garage doors opening in this case 9ft wide by 8ft tall. There are two basic types of garage door openers chain driven and belt driven. A belt driven garage door opener can be a bit quieter during operation. All of the rough framing has just been completed.

Several garage door people have told me they want 18. 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. I install all of the exterior trim on the garage. Then close the garage door lock it closed and unplug the opener to disable it.

Measure from the nearest wall and from the floor. Does 15 leave enough room for the door tracks and a center mount chain driven electric door opener. Choose a garage door opener. Also remove the garage door opener brackets and support the opener on a ladder.

The garage ceiling will not be sheetrocked or finished this leaves 15 from the top of the door to the bottom of the ceiling joists. Then measure the size of your garage door opening with a tape measure and write down the size.