Making Garage Door Opening Taller

Begin by using a tape measure to determine the width and height of the door opening in inches.

Making garage door opening taller. 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. It should be obvious that you don t use twice the thickness for the height since you will not be putting anything on the floor but you have been reminded. This lumber will be used to attach your garage door track and a portion of your assembly. That is the easy project as the building is plenty tall for this.

Older homes have smaller openings for garage doors making it more difficult to fit modern vehicles in. I solve a big problem i have had with this garage door being too small. 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. 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.

These limits must be set correctly for the door height to have a proper seal as well as to allow for adequate clearance. Pull a measurement from the floor of your space to the ceiling next to the door opening. I need to cut the opening to the garage 6 taller. Cut two 2 x 6 pieces of lumber and attach to the face of the wall running from the edge of your garage door jambs to the ceiling of your garage.

The door track should be easy as well. That made my door height two inches taller. Measuring a residential garage door is more than determining the dimensions of the door but making sure the garage can accommodate a garage door opener and the door in both open and closed positions. Each garage door opener has limits which control the opening and closing heights of the door.

Garage doors are very easy to adjust and can be done in less than 15 minutes.