Making A Garage Door Frame

Let s get started with your framing 1.

Making a garage door frame.

In this case you can just use the hinge to make the door swinging if you do not much time to install the rails. If you are installing a 9. Let us know in the comments. Make three panels each measuring the width of the door by the height obtained in step 2.

Frame the rough opening to 3 inches wider than the garage door size you have selected. Ideally 2 x6 is the most used header size. What projects should we make next. Place a corner in the corner of the garage door opening and screw through the 2 x 4 s into the framing of the garage door opening.

Divide the overage by two and space the jamb accordingly. If the door is 7. That is two 3 1 2 inch top and bottom studs plus two 1 8 inch brackets between plus 1 4 inch on the top and 1 2 inch on the bottom. Wayne lennox cottage life s trusted handyman shows us how to build a custom door frame.

Divide the height evenly by three. For example if the door is eight feet wide and the rough opening is eight foot four inches the jambs will be set with a two inch overhang on each side. We ll make a 12 foot 3 7 meter wide and 9 foot 2 7 meter high door. Otherwise using rails will give sturdier garage doors and excellent durability because the doors will be opened by following the trails only.

Repeat the process to form the other corner. Frame the rough opening to a height that is 1 5 taller than the door that you have selected. How to measure the finished width and height use of 2x4s for the sides and header. To finish the opening.

Framing nails are highly recommended. The last step of making a swing out garage doors is installing the door opener. Use 2 inch lumber for the jambs as well and ensure they are appropriately nailed to the door opening with the help of a nail gun or hammer. 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.

The width of the lumber should be between 6 and 8. If your outdoor concrete is very un level then you may want a bigger bottom gap. Each of our panels will be 12. Here s what to do.

Screw the plywood to both sides of the l placing a three inch screw every six inches. Measure the width and height of the door opening.