The width and height of existing garage door opening.
Is 9 width opening for garage door wide enough.
Many homeowners have two cars and need garage space to shelter them both.
A 14 by 7 foot double garage door is wide enough to fit two family cars in side by side but it may be a tight squeeze trying to comfortably fit an suv and a four door car side by side.
It is also a good idea to have a 3 foot wide door to the exterior on the side of the garage.
If there isn t enough room above the opening this can t be done without raising the roof of the garage.
Many home builders do not consider this a structural necessity but a style and price choice for the homeowner.
Frame legs are usually around 60 mm wide.
Double car garage doors typically start at 12 feet wide and move.
It lets you use all of the opening width.
Standard single car garage door widths start at 8 feet for single car garages and move up in 12 inch increments to 10 feet wide.
The standard size for double garage doors is 16 feet wide and 7 to 8 feet high.
Installing the door behind the opening gives you more freedom.
The single 16 foot wide 4 9 meter wide garage door is large enough to allow two cars to fit.
The width of double doors ranges from 12 to 16 feet.
You need to have enough free space inside the garage on the ceiling of course.
As for the door going into the house from the garage you will want it to be at least 32 inches 81 centimeters wide.