The height is the major difference between an rv garage door and a standard replacement garage door.
Garage door height for truck camper.
Well normal garage doors measure 8 x 7 feet 9 x 7 feet and 10 x 7 feet all around.
We got the new full size camper in 2016.
With this kind of height and width you need a garage door that be at least 12 feet in width and 15 feet in height.
To determine what size rv garage door you will need it s important to remember that there must be 2 feet of space between the top of the door and the eave of the garage.
Here is a photo of my 1998 ford f 150 4 4 off road pickup sitting with the mirrors at the garage door opening marked up with measurements.
The exterior height of the basecamp is 8 feet 8 75 inches while the height of a standard garage is either 7 feet or 8 feet.
It has a 12 door.
This allows us to barely walk in front and access our kitchen door.
You should reconsider the specifications for your garage door if you have multiple vehicles or a large vehicle to park inside.
On average class a have width of around 10 feet and height of around 11 12 feet and with satellite antenna and air conditioning it can be around 13 feet.
We also have 4 inches to the rear of the garage door.
The most common commercial garage door sizes have 24 1 height and 32 2 width.
Having said this some class a rv could be more in height and width.
The size largely depends on the truck sizes that will go into the garage it s better to take measures of the largest possible truck.
Of course i was still nervous when we arrived home and i pulled the truck and camper into the garage.
A basecamp can however fit in a standard outdoor parking space.
This is for a normal home with a normal car truck suv or van parked inside.
If you opt for a roll up door you would need an extra 1 of clearance above the opening for the canister.
The forest river r pod has an exterior height of 9 feet 8 inches so it cannot fit in a standard residential garage.
Typically rv garage doors are 12 or 14 feet wide.
While this garage was built with this standard size pickup in mind to have ample room you could still easily fit your extended length pickup also.
One main consideration on the new camper was the overall height since the truck camper combo needed to fit under the rv portion of our garage.
Therefore if your garage is 16 tall you can have up to a 14 tall sectional door.
Rv garage doors are usually around 12 to 16 feet tall since an rv is elevated.
You want your truck in the garage no matter where you live.
To say it s a tight fit would be an understatement.
With our rig in the garage we have 15 inches to the front wall.
Most rvs will be able to get into a 16 foot tall garage.
