It lets you use all of the opening width.
Is 9 width opening for garage door wide enough.
The single 16 foot wide 4 9 meter wide garage door is large enough to allow two cars to fit.
A 14 by 7 foot double garage door is wide enough to fit two family cars in side by side but it may be a tight squeeze trying to comfortably fit an suv and a four door car side by side.
As for the door going into the house from the garage you will want it to be at least 32 inches 81 centimeters wide.
If there isn t enough room above the opening this can t be done without raising the roof of the garage.
Many homeowners have two cars and need garage space to shelter them both.
The standard size for double garage doors is 16 feet wide and 7 to 8 feet high.
Installing the door behind the opening gives you more freedom.
Double car garage doors typically start at 12 feet wide and move.
Standard single car garage door widths start at 8 feet for single car garages and move up in 12 inch increments to 10 feet wide.
Frame legs are usually around 60 mm wide.
Many 16 x 7 garage doors will be designed with a pair of single 8 foot garage door bays separated by a central post or column.
You need to have enough free space inside the garage on the ceiling of course.
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.
The width and height of existing garage door opening.
The width of double doors ranges from 12 to 16 feet.