Making A Garage Door Wider

First it provides support to the front part of the roof of the garage.

Making a garage door wider.

With my father in law combining his workshop with mine over the next few months. Is the interior finished. Step 1 remove the existing door from the frame by unscrewing the screws on the hinges and lifting the door away. 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.

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. Increasing the size of a garage can include a variety of design ideas with a wide spectrum of associated remodeling costs. Second it is the main support for the new garage door. We needed to focus on making the garage door look better.

How to increase the size of your garage. A wider door also permits more natural lighting into the space when the garage is open allowing you to easily locate items. You d have to replace the header all the way across and the material for that might run at least a couple of hundred. Instead of replacing the door we decided to repaint it.

Step 1 remove the existing door and frame using a drill to unscrew existing screws. There are going to be some changes. So my wife found an old solid oak door with a large oval window in it that she loves. 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.

This frame does double duty. 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. Before you begin determine the. Since you have a camera pics of the inside framing wide angle if possible would help the experts advise you.