Making A Garage Door Frame

Wayne lennox cottage life s trusted handyman shows us how to build a custom door frame.

Making a garage door frame.

What projects should we make next. Words like rough opening are thrown around and i m not sure if we are speaking about the same thing. The most popular garage door is the roll up sectional garage door. The door slides with rollers on a track attached to the sides of the door frame source.

Of base material laid down and compacted. Otherwise using rails will give sturdier garage doors and excellent durability because the doors will be opened by following the trails only. That s what we re going to build. Next even though the door frame doesn t touch the ground now they may sag in the future.

From the final grade vinyl siding can be touching the ground and fiber cement can be within 2 in. Most garage door openings are just rough openings when the home is built. The technique of building a garage door frame is straightforward and a finished frame can be completed in an hour. It seems that everyday i get a call from a customer that is making changes to a garage and needs to know the best way to prepare the door opening.

Let us know in the comments. Wood garage door framing sheathing and wood siding need to be 6 in. The opening must be finished framed before a garage door can be installed. The jambs need to be 17 inches.

It maybe wise to make the frame a little shorter by maybe an inch or even two and let the clapboards fill the gap. The last step of making a swing out garage doors is installing the door opener. Four to 6 in. In this case you can just use the hinge to make the door swinging if you do not much time to install the rails.