Amarr offers 300 styles of garage doors.
Garage door header detail.
If it s 9ft the opening must be 9ft 3 inches and so on.
Header details 24 25 nailing on narrow face 25 allowable holes 26 bearing length requirements 26 tapered end cuts 27 multiple member connections 28 29 columns 30 31 product warranty 32 some sizes may not be available in your region.
Portal frame details within the irc specify simple span headers with a maximum finished opening width of 18.
Depending on your opening the lumber width will be 6 to 8 wide.
To finish the opening cut the header and jambs from 2 lumber.
For deeper depth parallam.
For instance if the width of the garage door is 8ft the rough opening should be 8ft 3 inches wide.
Choose from carriage house traditional and commercial garage doors in steel wood and wood composite materials.
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Frame the rough opening to a height that is 1 5 taller than the door that you have selected.
The width of the rough opening should be 3 inches greater than the width of the garage door you are purchasing.
If the door is 7 tall frame the opening 7 1 5.