Garage Door Framing Requirements

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.

Garage door framing requirements.

This framing detail explains the minimum. Pull a measurement from the floor of your space to the ceiling next to the door opening. Torsion springs mount on a bar above the door while extension springs stretch down the side of the upper tracks. Garage doors use either torsion springs or extension springs to raise and lower the door.

Cut four 2 x 4 trimmers to this length and nail two each to either side of the rough. Doortech wants to provide you with as much information as necessary to ensure your garage door installation is trouble free. Knowing garage door clearance requirements will help you avoid ordering the wrong garage door set up for your needs. Frame the rough opening for the garage door to 3 inches wider than the garage door you have selected.

How to frame a garage door opening. It is the owner and or the owners contractor to prepare the opening for the garage door. 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. 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.