How To Frame A 9x7 Garage Door Opening

The garage door rough opening.

How to frame a 9x7 garage door opening.

Cut four 2 x 4 trimmers to this length and nail two each to either side of the rough opening. Next your rough opening height should be 1 5 inches taller. These trimmers should be. If the door is 7 tall frame the opening 7 1 5.

If you already have all your measurements verified you can proceed to frame the garage 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. Frame the rough opening for the garage door to 3 inches wider than the garage door you have selected. A rough opening refers to the space left inside a door or window frame door in this case where the actual door will be fitted.

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. So if your door is 9ft wide your rough opening should be 9ft 3 inches. 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 rough opening of a garage door should be 3 inches wider than the door itself.

Frame the rough opening to a height that is 1 5 taller than the door that you have selected. Therefore making the width of the garage door rough opening the same size as the door would be fine if you are going to use a thin layer of stucco vinyl siding or 1 by lumber. If you are installing a 9 wide door the opening will be 9 3 wide. However if you are putting bricks thick river rock stones marble or anything else on both sides that is more than 1 thick you will want the rough opening the same.