Making A Garage Door Taller

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.

Making a garage door taller.

The garage is a total of 24 wide by 24 deep. Anyone ever done this with success. Begin by using a tape measure to determine the width and height of the door opening in inches. I have a detached two car garage that is getting up there in years.

For example i have a 9w x 7h garage door 4 21 panels. I live in northern new jersey. 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. And the headroom above for a taller door.

I need to cut the opening to the garage 6 taller. The wife wants to replace the two with one 16 overhead garage door. I have extra track etc. Travel trailer also come in smaller sizes and they may need smaller door.

With this kind of width and height dimension you would need garage of around 12 feet width and 12 feet of height door. Double car garage doors typically start at 12 feet wide and move. That is the easy project as the building is plenty tall for this. Measuring a residential garage door is more than determining the dimensions of the door but making sure the garage can accommodate a garage door opener and the door in both open and closed positions.

But even with the smaller trailers the dimensions you would need for garage of at least 10 feet width and 10 12 feet height. 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. Can i add an additional 21 panel to make a taller door. 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 has the old style carriage doors. Just wondering if it would work to add a panel to a garage door to get more height. We had a few contractors in to give us.