How To Trim Out A Garage Door Rough Opening

How to frame a garage doors opening in this case 9ft wide by 8ft tall.

How to trim out a garage door rough opening.

Measure the top of the door s rough opening height from the bottom line and mark a level horizontal line to complete the perimeter of the cut line for the opening. 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. Ordering a garage door based on a rough opening size can leave you with a door that is too big. Therefore making the width of the garage door rough opening the same size as the door would be fine if you are going to use a thin layer of stucco vinyl siding or 1 by lumber.

Cut the header from 2 x 12 lumber and to a length of the rough opening plus 6 inches. Step 3 position the weather stripping and trim above the garage. In our business we refer to rough openings as the size of the opening before the finished lumber has been added to the jambs. Words like rough opening are thrown around and i m not sure if we are speaking about the same thing.

How to trim a garage door opening. After installing the jambs your garage door opening should now be the same size as the garage door. Install the header on top of the trimmers and nail. Step 3 use a circular saw to cut the layout line around the perimeter of the opening and remove the siding pieces.

How to measure the finished width and height use of 2x4s for the sides and header. This will determine how long your trim will need to be. Larger than the door the door may not seal completely without using a thicker molding on the outside and the thicker trim pieces may end up looking out of place on. Nail or screw 2 x 6 jambs to the framing on the top first and then the sides of the rough opening.

Re trimming a garage door opening is a small thing that a homeowner can do to make a huge impact. To make my. If you are adding trim to other parts of the door cut those pieces out as well. The doors extend beyond the finished trim you see from the front a fact that must be taken into consideration when framing and preparing the area for installation.

It s essential to get this measurement right else your newly purchased garage door won t fit the opening or might actually be smaller than the opening. Ask a friend to help you position the trim above the garage.