Fill In A Garage Door Opening

Plan to add wooden framework to fill the empty space.

Fill in a garage door opening.

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. The end of day one was looking a lot like this. Plan to add wooden framework to fill the empty space. We have seen many people try and save time and money by leaving the frame in when they try to block up an opening but this never works.

See our project on removing window and door frames to first get the old wooden frame out of the way. If the garage has a support column build a temporary bridge support by doubling up some 2 by 6 temporary headers and wedging them under the garage door header with 2 by 4 stilts on either side. Take down the garage door and tracking before you implement the framework plan. Add 2 by 4 inch framing boards on 16 inch centres to fill in the wall area.

He started by ripping out the old door door frame and the flimsy insulation leaving a giant hole in the house. Filling in a door or window opening is not hard and as long as you have the correct equipment it can be done fairly quickly. We decided to do a wood frame wall rather than a stone or masonry wall for one main reason. A confused student is a good student.

Pull a measurement from the floor of your space to the ceiling next to the door opening. Most garage designs i work on have portal frame or shearwalls on each side of the garage door so my thinking is a continuous stemwall might be stronger and better resist the bending moments imposed on the foundation by the lateral loading of the shearwalls. 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. Garage door torsion springs mounted above the door are under high tension and can unwrap with great force.

With the garage door removed attach a pressure treated bottom wall plate to the concrete to be used for the new wall. That hanging plastic was there just to block the wind some and keep the debris outside. Add 2 by 4 inch framing boards on 16 inch centers to fill in the wall area. Take down the garage door and tracking before you implement the framework plan.

This lumber will be used to attach your garage door track and a portion of your assembly. Width of garage door opening standard widths are 8 9 10 12 14 16 17 and 18 height of the garage door opening standard residential heights are 7 7 6 8 header the header is ideally a minimum 12 wide micro laminated beam that spans the width of the garage door opening. Include window space in the framework if you will install a single window or a larger window section.