Garage Door Opening Detail

Width of rough opening the width of the rough opening should be 3 inches greater than the width of the garage door you are purchasing.

Garage door opening detail.

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Where supporting a roof or one story and a roof a method pfg braced wall panel constructed in accordance with figure r602 10 6 3 shall be permitted on either side of garage door openings. 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. Frame the rough opening to 3 inches wider than the garage door size you have selected. If it s 9ft the opening must be 9ft 3 inches and so on.

Frame the rough opening to a height that is 1 5 taller than the door that you have selected. Method pfg portal frame at garage door openings in seismic design categories a b and c. If the door is 7 tall frame the opening 7 1 5. For instance if the width of the garage door is 8ft the rough opening should be 8ft 3 inches wide.

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