Making A Garage Door Bigger

The garage door on the house we are buying is too narrow to fit most cars through see photo.

Making a garage door bigger.

The picture is here. 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. The garage also needs a new floor and a new roof. I live in northern new jersey.

A wider door also permits more natural lighting into the space when the garage is open allowing. 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. For example an aging neglected garage in disrepair. Buy your larger garage door.

I d like to get an estimate on expanding the door frame area see red circle properly reinforcing the top and installing a new garage door single car. Widening a garage doorway may be completed in less than a day. In order to easily drive your vehicle into your garage you may need to adjust the width of the opening. This is a step by step on how your average schmoe can build beautiful carriage house style garage doors i m a computer programmer and this is the first time i ve done anything like this.

To make sure the door will fit your measurements ask the garage door sales associate once you find a door you like. Sometimes it may be more budget friendly to demolish an existing garage constructing a larger more accommodating design as a replacement. There needs to be enough room height wise lengthwise and depth wise to accommodate a larger garage door. Homemade carriage house garage doors.

I have a detached two car garage that is getting up there in years. I made it happen so i think anybody armed with minimal car. Garage doors can be widened to allow easy passage of your vehicle. Next take the measurements you have and go buy your bigger garage door.

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 wife wants to replace the two with one 16 overhead garage door. Pull a measurement from the floor of your space to the ceiling next to the door opening. This lumber will be used to attach your garage door track and a portion of your assembly.