How To Frame Wide Garage With Doors At Eaves

How to measure the finished width and height use of 2x4s for the sides and header.

How to frame wide garage with doors at eaves.

Frame the rough opening for the garage door to 3 inches wider than the garage door you have selected. Header the header is ideally a minimum 12 wide micro laminated beam that spans the width of the garage door opening. 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. Header requirement 2 at minimum the header should be 12 wide with doubled 2 4 at opening and ceiling running the width of the door with a 2 4 in the center of the opening for the center bracket to attach to.

If you are installing a 9 wide door the opening will be 9 3 wide. Cut four 2 x 4 trimmers to this length and nail two each to either side of the rough opening. Shedding rainwater away from siding and trim especially from door and window sills can greatly reduce rot mildew and a host of other problems that can be caused by water streaming down the face of the building. Frame the rough opening to a height that is 1 5 taller than the door that you have selected.

Eaves and rakes that overhang a building s sidewalls are critical to the life of a building. How to frame a garage doors opening in this case 9ft wide by 8ft tall.