Width meaning your header should be 16 feet 9 inches long.
Rough opening for 16 foot garage door.
You get the picture.
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.
It is important to note.
Ordering a garage door based on a rough opening size can leave you with a door that is too big.
That for a 16 foot wide garage door the header should be at minimum 9 inches longer than the door.
The extra length for the header is to.
For instance if the width of the garage door is 8ft the rough opening should be 8ft 3 inches wide.
For instance if you have a 16 door and are using river stones that are approximately 2 to 2 1 2 you will want the rough opening to be roughly pun intended 16 6.
For residential homes 99 of doors are either exactly 7 or 8 tall.
This guide is intended primarily for our builder customers to explain in detail the measurements and condition we need the work site to be in to properly co.
Frame the rough opening for the garage door to 3 inches wider than the garage door you have selected.
In our business we refer to rough openings as the size of the opening before the finished lumber has been added to the jambs.
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.
Cut four 2 x 4 trimmers to this length and nail two each to either side of the rough opening.
The 16 7 opening should be after the header and all the trim work is installed.
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The height of the rough opening would be the height of the garage door plus the thickness of whatever you are putting underneath the header in addition to the thickness of the mortar etc.
When pricing your door you will need to price a garage door exactly the size of the opening so when calling around for price points be sure that you have this information in hand.
Words like rough opening are thrown around and i m not sure if we are speaking about the same thing.
If it s 9ft the opening must be 9ft 3 inches and so on.
The width of the rough opening should be 3 inches greater than the width of the garage door you are purchasing.