Making Garage Door Wider

Include motion sensor lighting with the garage door opener as well as on other lights in the garage.

Making garage door wider.

You can start to buy materials after making the plans such as proper lumbers rails and other carpenter stuff. Frame the rough opening to a height that is 1 5 taller than the door that you have selected. Make sure you leave an inch to make the aligned properly. You also can base the new opening size on the width of the new door you purchase for the garage.

If the door is 7 tall frame the opening 7 1 5. Use an exterior glue if this will be an exterior door. One way to do it would be to get wall extensions for the entire the garage and then cut the roof of the garage off lifting it up to the height you want it. Here you should have the correct dimensions of your garage.

Frame the rough opening to 3 inches wider than the garage door size you have selected. On the non hinge side there may be a bevel which should be removed prior to gluing additional stock. Install an electric overhead garage door opener with a remote control located at an accessible height for a seated person. Use a black marker to mark the new location for the side of the doorway along the interior of the existing wall.

To make a door frame wider the do it yourself should also ensure that the planned construction does not cut into any existing electrical or heating and air conditioning equipment. If you are installing a 9 wide door the opening will be 9 3 wide. Wall extensions because garage doors are usually sized to snugly fit the dimensions of the garage itself making the door larger usually means making the garage larger. Skylights can provide additional day lighting as a safety factor.

You re like going to need to remove 1 4 on the hinge side prior to gluing the additional stock.