Rough Opening For 9 Foot Garage Door
Non insulated solid white garage door.
Rough opening for 9 foot garage door. Frame the rough opening to a height that is 1 5 taller than the door that you have selected. Frame the rough opening to 3 inches wider than the garage door size you have selected. 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. 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.
Standard garage doors in our area are 8 9 16 and 18 wide. Classic collection 8 ft. 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. Classic collection 9 ft.
If you are installing a 9 wide door the opening will be 9 3 wide. These trimmers should be. 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. 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.
The standard size for double garage doors is 16 feet wide and 7 to 8 feet high. Next you will need to know your door height. If the door is 7 tall frame the opening 7 1 5. Many home builders do not consider this a structural necessity but a style and price choice for the homeowner.
99 of the residential garage doors that we run across are different than these widths. 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. Cut four 2 x 4 trimmers to this length and nail two each to either side of the rough 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.
Non insulated solid white garage door. Classic collection 9 ft. Many homeowners have two cars and need garage space to shelter them both.