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.
Garage door rough opening chart.
Step 1 measure the width of the rough opening at the widest point.
The size of the door will.
This will give you room to space the door frame off of the sub floor.
Next measure the sideroom or space available on the left and right sides of the opening.
Now all you need to know is how to properly frame your door rough opening.
The height of the rough opening would be the height of the garage door plus the thickness of whatever you are putting underneath the header in addition to the thickness of the mortar etc.
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.
C header bracket width.
So if you have a bedroom door that is 30 wide which is considered a 2 6 or 2 6 door just add 2 to the width and frame it 32 wide.
Measure the head room the distance between the top.
For instance if you have a 16 door and are using river stones that are approximately 2 to 2 1 2 you will want the rough opening to be roughly pun intended 16 6.
99 of the residential garage doors that we run across are different than these widths.
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.
This is the distance between the right and left sides of the rough.
Just add 2 to the width of the actual door size.
How to measure for your new roll up door use the illustration and instructions below to measure your garage roll up door.
Most vertical track systems.
Take these measurements and call us to purchase the roll up door that is right for you.
Standard width and height will be determined by the type of specific garage door.
Use shims and or caulk to seal gaps between wall and frame.
Begin by using a tape measure to determine the width and height of the door opening in inches.
Of frame is 40 x 86 as the frame face is 2 around all 3 sides.
Framing rough opening sizes are really quite simple.
The rough opening would be 40 1 2 x 86 1 4 for a 3 0 x 7 0 door frame.