Trimming Out A Garage Door Opening

How to frame a garage door opening for garage door.

Trimming out a garage door opening.

How to trim a garage door opening 1. Install head mantle piece first up tight to header level then nail in every other hole with 1 roofing nails in vinyl nailing flange. The project will take a little longer the first time you do it but you ll be trimming out doors like a pro in no time. In this video i install the wood.

Measure for the brick molding the trim that will face the street starting with the top piece. Use an angle gauge to. Overhead garage doors need a place for the track and opener to bolt to. Check existing rough opening for proper height width and plumb.

Doubled 2 4 s at minimum should be at each edge of the garage door to allow for the mounting of the tracks and jamb brackets. If you are adding trim to other parts of the door cut those pieces out as well. Vinyl trim is used the most nowadays and the reason for this is the easy installation of vinyl trims as well as the variety of colors available. Instructions for garage door trim.

Step 3 position the weather stripping and trim above the garage. These doubled 2 4 s should extend to the ceiling on both sides to allow for the mounting of the end bearings and brackets. Vinyl garage door trim acts as a cachet between the garage door jamb and the garage door. This will determine how long your trim will need to be.

Measure the inside dimensions of the garage door jamb horizontally across the top and vertically along both sides. The family handyman senior editor travis larson will show you how to trim a door in about 10 minutes per side.