Making A Garage Door Bigger

It has the old style carriage doors.

Making a garage door bigger.

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. I made it happen so i think anybody armed with minimal car. Buy your larger garage door next take the measurements you have and go buy your bigger garage door. First class garage door repair does affordable quality garage door installation.

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. 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 door on the house we are buying is too narrow to fit most cars through see photo. Garage door garage doors can be widened to allow easy passage of your vehicle.

The picture is here. I have a detached two car garage that is getting up there in years. Knocking out an exterior wall allows you to expand the size of an existing garage. He she can confirm that the door will fit.

The wife wants to replace the two with one 16 overhead garage door. Widening a garage doorway may be completed in less than a day. It is possible to install larger garage doors to give you more room to function in your garage. We had a few contractors in to give us.

Homemade carriage house garage doors. Widening or lengthening a garage can create room for additional vehicles a workshop or additional storage space. 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. To make sure the door will fit your measurements ask the garage door sales associate once you find a door you like.

Pull a measurement from the floor of your space to the ceiling next to the door opening. The garage also needs a new floor and a new roof. This lumber will be used to attach your garage door track and a portion of your assembly. In order to easily drive your vehicle into your garage you may need to adjust the width of the opening.