Trimming Out A Garage Door Opening

Overhead garage doors need a place for the track and opener to bolt to.

Trimming out a garage door opening.

You will need to measure both the height and the width of the garage door. 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. The family handyman senior editor travis larson will show you how to trim a door in about 10 minutes per side.

Instructions for garage door trim. In this video i install the wood. These doubled 2 4 s should extend to the ceiling on both sides to allow for the mounting of the end bearings and brackets. Measure the inside dimensions of the garage door jamb horizontally across the top and vertically along both sides.

Step 3 position the weather stripping and trim above the garage. Usually the trim is made in wood however it is now available in vinyl as well. Measure for the brick molding the trim that will face the street starting with the top piece. If you are adding trim to other parts of the door cut those pieces out as well.

How to frame a garage door opening for garage door. 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. How to trim a garage door opening 1.

Use a hack saw to cut the trim to the length you need. Use an angle gauge to.