Installing Wider Garage Door

Use a black marker to mark the new location for the side of the doorway along the interior of the existing wall.

Installing wider garage door.

Use a set screw to hold it in place. This old house general contractor tom silva shows how to assemble and hang a new garage door. If you are widening the door because of a new vehicle widen the door to the equivalent of two additional feet per side of vehicle. Insert rollers into the brackets attached to the door.

Screw cable brackets to the door to secure the weather stripping. If i make bigger wider garage doors for instance i try to make the stiles a little wider and the rails a little bit wider as the bearing surface of the shoulders on the rails have a lot to do with stopping the door sagging. The position of the header and back jambs are very important. The header must be flush on the same plane with back jambs.

Open and close the door to test its functionality. Add brackets and rollers before setting them in place and stack one section on top of another toenailing as you go up. To hold the section in place lightly toenail a 16d nail into the frame and bend it over the section. Tighten all the screws.

Header requirement 2 at minimum the header should be 12 wide with doubled 2 4 at opening and ceiling running the width of the door with a 2 4 in the center of the opening for the center bracket to attach to. Header the header is ideally a minimum 12 wide micro laminated beam that spans the width of the garage door opening. 2743 x 2134 mm needs an opening of 9 2 743 mm wide by 7 2 134 mm high. Attach weather stripping to the bottom edge of garage door.

Stand the bottom door panel on the floor in the garage doorway. Cope and stick with a loose tenon. Install the garage door motor. To learn more about the cost of installing garage doors visit our garage door and opener installation and repair cost guide.

Use impact driver to mount hinges to the bottom panel of garage door. This spring absorbs the weight of the door when it s going up and down. Determine the new size for the doorway based on your needs. I make custom entry doors.

Install the torsion spring and bar evenly across the header. See below for a shopping list and tools subscribe to this ol. The back jambs must be perpendicular plumb and square. How to install a garage door door measurements.

You also need glue to keep things together.