Garage Door Planning - How Tall And How Wide
Your standard sized single car garage door is usually
eight or 9 feet wide and 7 feet tall. Even a 9 foot wide garage is
difficult to park a mid-or large sized car in on a regular basis. Most
of the time, there is relatively little that you can do about the width
or the height of these garage doors.
You're usually stuck with what you have. This isn't going to be the
case, if you're planning on building a new garage, for your new home.
Now your garage can be any size that your property will allow and this
will allow you to create a garage door opening that will fit your needs.
Your average two-car garage door is usually 16 feet wide and 7 feet
tall. This usually gives you plenty of room to park two midsize vehicles
and with little difficulty. This is the most common door size and the
two-car garage is the most common garage built.
Now what about custom garage doors, how much do they cost and do I
really need one? Some of these garage doors can be pricey, but you
really need to give this some serious thought. One car accident, while
parking your vehicles in your garage, could cost the same amount of
money as two custom garage doors.
The first thing you will need to do, is to ask yourself how large of a
vehicle, will you actually be parking in your new garage. If you're
going to store a large boat, RV, trailers or even a large truck, and a
custom door is the only way that you will be able to park these vehicles
inside of it.
The larger garage doors will usually be built out of different material
than your average single or two car garage doors. Usually these doors
will be made from a heavier metal and a large chain will be used to open
and close them.
One of the best ways to verify the garage door size, for your new
garage, would be to park your vehicle's, inside of another garage, that
could be similar to the size of the garage that you are going to build.
This will give you a pretty good idea and help you with your planning.
If you don't know anyone who has a garage that you can park your
vehicle's side-by-side and measure the desired width that you would like
a door opening to be. This could save you a lot of frustration,
especially if you park your vehicles in your garage on a daily basis.
Proper garage door size planning and garage width, height and length,
can save you a lot of frustration in the future.