You get the picture.
10 wide garage door rough opening.
However a single garage door at eight to nine feet wide and seven to eight feet high is a common measurement for many homes.
1 2 or 1 in one direction of the other will won t typically cause you to have to shop for a non standard garage door size.
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.
Standard systems require 10 inches of headroom while some require 12 inches while garage door openers often require an additional three inches of clearance.
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.
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.
So if you have a bedroom door that is 30 wide which is considered a 2 6 or 2 6 door just add 2 to the width and frame it 32 wide.
If you are unsure of exactly what size you need please see our article on how to measure your rough opening for a roll up door.
The rough opening is equal to the size of the door but you need to figure back head and side room before choosing and installing the new garage door.
Now all you need to know is how to properly frame your door rough opening.
If it s 9ft the opening must be 9ft 3 inches and so on.
There is no standard garage door size.
99 of the residential garage doors that we run across are different than these widths.
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.
Measure the backroom the distance from the garage door opening to the back wall of the garage.
This is a collection of our door models available in size of 10 wide by 10 high this also covers rough openings ranging from 9 1 to 9 11 in width and 9 1 to 9 11 in height.
Our partners at clopay offer custom garage doors in a variety of sizes.
If you need a double garage door the typical measurement is 16 ft.
Frame the rough opening to a height that is 1 5 taller than the door that you have selected.
The height is 80 which is considered 6 8 or 6 8 add 2 1 2 to the actual door height and frame it 82 1 2 high.
If you are installing a 9 wide door the opening will be 9 3 wide.
Standard garage doors in our area are 8 9 16 and 18 wide.
The width of the rough opening should be 3 inches greater than the width of the garage door you are purchasing.
A garage will need backroom that equals the door height plus 18 inches and possibly more.
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.