How to frame a garage door 1.
Garage door frame size.
Entry doors are usually 36 inches wide.
While a door width of 36 inches is oversized for an interior door it s the standard size for front doors.
This size is good for one car small truck or a van.
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.
The single 16 foot wide 4 9 meter wide garage door is large enough to allow two cars to fit.
Frame the rough opening for the garage door to 3 inches wider than the garage door you have selected.
Frame the rough opening to 3 inches wider than the garage door size you have selected.
If the door is 7 tall frame the opening 7 1 5.
New construction frequently offers 9 x 7 garage doors but increasingly offers door widths of 10 feet.
It is also a good idea to have a 3 foot wide door to the exterior on the side of the garage.
As for the door going into the house from the garage you will want it to be at least 32 inches 81 centimeters wide.
The typical sizes for single garage doors are 8 x 7 9 x 7 and 10 x 7.
These are the most standard garage door sizes and they are a perfect fit for standard homes.
These garage door dimensions tend to be the same for an attached as a detached garage.
Single garage doors can be small enough for golf carts or large enough for tractors depending on your home or community for most homes the standard single car garage door is 8 to 9 feet wide and 7 to 8 feet high.
Frame the rough opening to a height that is 1 5 taller than the door that you have selected.
Cut four 2 x 4 trimmers to this length and nail two each to either side of the rough opening.