Rough Garage Door Framing Diagram

While garage doors close against rough openings other types of residential doors fit inside the opening.

Rough garage door framing diagram.

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. It s essential to get this measurement right else your newly purchased garage door won t fit the opening or might actually be smaller than the opening. These trimmers should be. Several garage door people have told me they want 18.

Cut four 2 x 4 trimmers to this length and nail two each to either side of the rough opening. Therefore before determining a rough opening for the garage door you need to decide upon the jamb material you ll use. 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.

Now lets look at the short garage wall framing elevation components diagram at the right. All of the rough framing has just been completed. Pay close attention that both short walls will fit between the two long walls which will be erected and braced first. Does 15 leave enough room for the door tracks and a center mount chain driven electric door opener.

This is the more complicated of the short walls since it contains the overhead door rough opening. The size of the garage door framing should equal the size of the door after the jamb is applied.