Framing An Arched Garage Door Opening

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

Framing an arched garage door opening. Cut four 2 x 4 trimmers to this length and nail two each to either side of the rough opening. Step 5 frame the arch in the doorway. In order to frame the arch you will need to use a support to hold it up. Width of garage door opening standard widths are 8 9 10 12 14 16 17 and 18 height of the garage door opening standard residential heights are 7 7 6 8 header the header is ideally a minimum 12 wide micro laminated beam that spans the width of the garage door opening.

So if your door is 9ft wide your rough opening should be 9ft 3 inches. How to frame a garage door opening 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. My research told me that i had 2 options a arch built of standard bricks and a curved lintel or b an engineered arch. Frame the rough opening for the garage door to 3 inches wider than the garage door you have selected.

You can make the outside of the arch or frame look bigger by nailing a 2 by 4 inch board to the outer side of the arch and maybe a double layer of 3 4 inch plywood cut to the right of the arch opening. Next your rough opening height should be 1 5 inches taller. 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. These trimmers should be.

Words like rough opening are thrown around and i m not sure if we are speaking about the same thing. 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. The rough opening of a garage door should be 3 inches wider than the door itself. Perform the same process on the other corner of the garage door opening.

No arched garage door but arched front entry way. Repeat the process to form the other corner. If you already have all your measurements verified you can proceed to frame the garage door opening. Place a corner in the corner of the garage door opening and screw through the 2 x 4 s into the framing of the garage door opening.

A rough opening refers to the space left inside a door or window frame door in this case where the actual door will be fitted. With the door and sidelights the masonry opening is only about 6 4 though. I ordered an engineered arch through the brick manufacturer.