Modify Garage Door Height Taller Door In A Shorter Opening

Each garage door opener has limits which control the opening and closing heights of the door.

Modify garage door height taller door in a shorter opening.

Standard single car garage door widths start at 8 feet for single car garages and move up in 12 inch increments to 10 feet wide. So if you have a 7 foot tall garage door the depth of your garage shouldn t be shorter than 7 and a 1 2 feet. I have a detached two car garage that is getting up there in years. It has the old style carriage doors.

We had a few contractors in to give us. These limits must be set correctly for the door height to have a proper seal as well as to allow for adequate clearance. The garage is a total of 24 wide by 24 deep. The depth of your garage can be no less than 6 inches taller than your garage door.

I removed some siding and and re did the trim on the top of the door and then recovered every thing with aluminum and installed new rubber garage door sill around the opening. That made my door height two inches taller. Double car garage doors typically start at 12 feet wide and move. If your home can accommodate a larger garage door and you d like one make sure to get a track extension kit with your garage door opener.

The wife wants to replace the two with one 16 overhead garage door. But even with the smaller trailers the dimensions you would need for garage of at least 10 feet width and 10 12 feet height. I had a 2x6 on the flat under the header so i just removed that and cut a half inch off the header. I live in northern new jersey.

Travel trailer also come in smaller sizes and they may need smaller door.