Making Garage Door Wider

So my wife found an old solid oak door with a large oval window in it that she loves.

Making garage door wider.

Step 1 remove the existing door from the frame by unscrewing the screws on the hinges and lifting the door away. The closest i have done to this is raising a 7 foot door to 8 for an 8 wide door and that ran 3000 roughly but only involved adding a panel to the door and added track sections for added height. Before you begin determine the. Because garage doors are usually sized to snugly fit the dimensions of the garage itself making the door larger usually means making the garage larger.

In order to easily drive your vehicle into your garage you may need to adjust the width of the opening. Unfortunately it is only 32 wide and we need that door to be 36 because of where it is in relation to the stairs we carry furniture and beds and other large items through it. To make a door frame wider the do it yourself should also ensure that the planned construction does not cut into any existing electrical or heating and air conditioning equipment. Increasing the size of a garage can include a variety of design ideas with a wide spectrum of associated remodeling costs.

First it provides support to the front part of the roof of the garage. One way to do it would be to get wall extensions for the entire the garage and then cut the roof of the garage off lifting it up to the height you want it. You are doing basically the same thing just wider rather than higher so you will be neding an entirely new gaarage door. There are going to be some changes.

Instead of replacing the door we decided to repaint it. We needed to focus on making the garage door look better. This frame does double duty. A wider door also permits more natural lighting into the space when the garage is open allowing you to easily locate items.

Second it is the main support for the new garage door. How to increase the size of your garage. How would you make an exterior door wider.