Garage Door Framing Requirements

Knowing garage door clearance requirements will help you avoid ordering the wrong garage door set up for your needs.

Garage door framing requirements.

It is the owner and or the owners contractor to prepare the opening for the garage door. How to frame a garage door 1. Garage doors use either torsion springs or extension springs to raise and lower the door. Doortech wants to provide you with as much information as necessary to ensure your garage door installation is trouble free.

Required tools for this project. Cut four 2 x 4 trimmers to this length and nail two each to either side of the rough. 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. Frame the rough opening for the garage door to 3 inches wider than the garage door you have selected.

This diagram is not intended as designs for building a new garage it shows the minimum framing needs for the installation of an overhead style garage door. Pull a measurement from the floor of your space to the ceiling next to the door opening. To prepare for the new installation you will need to follow these instructions and pay special attention to the requirements laid out in the sketch below. Torsion springs mount on a bar above the door while extension springs stretch down the side of the upper tracks.