Rough Garage Door Framing Diagram

This is the more complicated of the short walls since it contains the overhead door rough opening.

Rough garage door framing diagram.

It is the owner and or the owners contractor to prepare the opening for the garage door. 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. Now lets look at the short garage wall framing elevation components diagram at the right. While garage doors close against rough openings other types of residential doors fit inside the opening.

Several garage door people have told me they want 18. If this is going to be a problem i guess we could lower the height of the opening for the door 6 and use a 7 6 high garage door. The size of the garage door framing should equal the size of the door after the jamb is applied. Does 15 leave enough room for the door tracks and a center mount chain driven electric door opener.

Cut four 2 x 4 trimmers to this length and nail two each to either side of the rough opening. 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. This diagram is not intended as designs for building a new garage it shows the minimum framing needs for the installation of an overhead style garage door. All of the rough framing has just been completed.

Therefore before determining a rough opening for the garage door you need to decide upon the jamb material you ll use. 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.