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.
How to frame up a garage door.
Framing for garage door.
Frame the rough opening for the garage door to 3 inches wider than the garage door you have selected.
The opening must be finished framed before a garage door can be installed.
This lumber will be used to attach your garage door track and a portion of your assembly.
The jambs need to be 17 inches.
Adding one course of block to a slab keeps the garage door framing farther up from the ground which may be necessary depending on the grade.
The most expensive option is laying several courses of blocks on top of frost footings and then resting the edges of the slab on the blocks.
That s what we re going to build.
The most popular garage door is the roll up sectional garage door.
The technique of building a garage door frame is straightforward and a finished frame can be completed in an hour.
Most garage door openings are just rough openings when the home is built.
Cut four 2 x 4 trimmers to this length and nail two each to either side of the rough.
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.
It s typically made of three sections which are mounted horizontally and hinged together.
The door slides with rollers on a track attached to the sides of the door frame source.
How to frame a garage door 1.