Garage Door Framing Requirements

Here are examples we see during our inspections of when the safety standard has not been met.

Garage door framing requirements.

Frame the rough opening to a height that is 1 5 taller than the door that you have selected. Figure r602 10 6 3 method pfg portal frame at garage door openings in seismic design categories a b and c. It is also a good idea to have a 3 foot wide door to the exterior on the side of the garage. The single 16 foot wide 4 9 meter wide garage door is large enough to allow two cars to fit.

A private garage attached to a dwelling shall have materials as approved for one hour fire resistive construction on the garage side of any common wall and extending to the roof. If you are installing a 9 wide door the opening will be 9 3 wide. My building department says that parts of my house plans such as the walls next to the garage door openings don t meet wall bracing rules. As for the door going into the house from the garage you will want it to be at least 32 inches 81 centimeters wide.

Cut four 2 x 4 trimmers to this length and nail two each to either side of the rough opening. Steel door with a solid of honeycomb core not less than 1 3 8 thick. A door with a 20 minute fire rating. We are going to be marking the location of each stud on them simultaneously with a small framing square that is 1 1 2 wide.

Frame the rough opening to 3 inches wider than the garage door size you have selected. Solid wood door not less than 1 3 8 thick. To assemble the long garage wall framing components we will start with the 2 x 4 sole plate and top plate by laying lengths of 2 x 4 material side by side on the ground or garage floor. If the door is 7 tall frame the opening 7 1 5.

Any doorway into the house shall have a self closing tight fitting solid wood door of not less than 1 3 8 inches in thickness. 1 inch 25 4 mm 1 foot 304 8 mm. Frame the rough opening for the garage door to 3 inches wider than the garage door you have selected.