Rough In For 8x7 Garage Door

Frame the rough opening for the garage door to 3 inches wider than the garage door you have selected.

Rough in for 8x7 garage door.

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. Cut two 2 x 6 pieces of lumber and attach to the face of the wall running from the edge of your garage door jambs to the ceiling of your garage. Pull a measurement from the floor of your space to the ceiling next to the door opening. For residential homes 99 of doors are either exactly 7 or 8 tall.

Cut four 2 x 4 trimmers to this length and nail two each to either side of the rough opening. This lumber will be used to attach your garage door track and a portion of your assembly. This guide is intended primarily for our builder customers to explain in detail the measurements and condition we need the work site to be in to properly co. When pricing your door you will need to price a garage door exactly the size of the opening so when calling around for price points be sure that you have this information in hand.

Standard garage doors start at 7 tall and increase in increments of one foot. Additional back room may be required for automatic garage door. 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. 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.

If garage door height extends above the opening the headroom measurement should be adjusted proportionately. These trimmers should be. Measure area labeled backroom 6 distance is measured from the garage door opening toward the back wall of the garage. 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.