Finished opening is the same size as the door.
Rough opening for 10 x 9 garage door.
8 inches x 7 inches.
Start measuring at the garage door opening to the back wall of the garage.
Common sizes for a garage door rough opening.
Always consider the car dimensions while designing a door opening and choosing right size of the garage door.
10 foot wide x 10 foot high roll up garage door models all of our available models in the 10 foot wide by 10 foot high size range.
You need 18 inches plus the height of the door for the back room.
Bigger trucks will fit in 9 x 8 doors with very few exceptions.
9 inches x 7 inches.
The back room is the length of the garage ceiling.
Step 1 measure the old door if you are replacing an existing door with one of the same size or the new door of choice if you are building a new garage.
If you are installing a 9 wide door the opening will be 9 3 wide.
16 inches x 7 inches.
This is assuming that you are using a 2 x 6 or 2 x 8 to finish the opening.
This is a collection of our door models available in size of 10 wide by 10 high this also covers rough openings ranging from 9 1 to 9 11 in width and 9 1 to 9 11 in height.
Frame the rough opening to a height that is 1 5 taller than the door that you have selected.
These boards are 1 5 thick.
If the door is 7 tall frame the opening 7 1 5.
Therefore making the width of the garage door rough opening the same size as the door would be fine if you are going to use a thin layer of stucco vinyl siding or 1 by lumber.
However if you are putting bricks thick river rock stones marble or anything else on both sides that is more than 1 thick you will want the rough opening the same.
A 8 x 7 feet door will be the perfect option for any mid size sedans and most of suvs.
If you are finishing the opening with 2x8 then the rough opening is 3 inches wider and 1 1 2 inches higher than the door or 9 3 x 7 1 1 2 etc etc.
So the rough opening depends on how you are going to finish the opening.