Finishing Garage Door Opening

How to frame a garage door opening for garage door.

Finishing garage door opening. A very common question to garage door dealers is what size should i make the garage door rough opening. I am framing in a garage for an 18 x 7 garage door. This will determine how long your trim will need to be. So the rough opening depends on how you are going to finish the opening.

Re trimming a garage door opening is a small thing that a homeowner can do to make a huge impact. Use a hack saw to cut the trim to the length you need. In most cases the answer would be that you want to make the opening the same size as the door and that is the stock answer you will usually get. How to measure the finished width and height use of 2x4s for the sides and header.

Finished opening is the same size as the door. So my finish opening from my re sign trim which is a 2 x 8 will be an inch smaller so 17 11 finish opening and a 6 11 vertical opening is this correct. Robert broome on march 4 2020 at 8 09 pm. You will need to measure both the height and the width of the garage door.

Then measure the size of your garage door opening with a tape measure and write down the size. Overhead garage doors need a place for the track and opener to bolt to. The garage door sits on the front of your house facing the road like a giant blank canvass. Once all the trim has been removed you may close your garage door.