Increasing The Height Of A Garage Door

Use a step ladder to more easily measure the ceiling height.

Increasing the height of a garage door.

Each garage door opener has limits which control the opening and closing heights of the door. I had a 2x6 on the flat under the header so i just removed that and cut a half inch off the header. Garage doors are very easy to adjust and can be done in less than 15 minutes. The span above the door opening is framed with a long header that supports the wall area above the door and this header will need to be raised or rebuilt in order to increase the overall door size.

You can as well turn on open in case of the garage door. These limits must be set correctly for the door height to have a proper seal as well as to allow for adequate clearance. If there isn t enough room above the opening this can t be done without raising the roof of the garage. Older homes have smaller openings for garage doors making it more difficult to fit modern vehicles in.

I removed some siding and and re did the trim on the top of the door and then recovered every thing with aluminum and installed new rubber garage door sill around the opening. It is possible to install larger garage doors to give. The is a video of us modifying garage trusses for additional ceiling height to accommodate a 12 5 lift. An alternative would be a pocket garage door that slides sideways on tracks from within the garage door itself so that again the height or width are not effected.

If you would like to increase the height of the garage door then you will have to turn the up screws. We wanted to do a diy but realized it takes underst. Increasing the garage door height. A garage will need backroom that equals the door height plus 18 inches and possibly more based on the installation of an automatic garage door opener.