Garage Door vs Brick Sizes?

[Ivor Windybottom]

I'm designing a new garage. Hopefully a simple question...

How are garage doors normally specified? They're normally still sold in increments of feet and inches, then you add a 75mm frame and end up with some awful random measurement, which is often miles away from standard brick lengths.

E.g. a 8'0" x 7' door is 2578w x 2191h including the frame.

The next biggest brick opening would be 2710mm, leaving a 66mm gap either side of the frame.

The next biggest opening height would be 2250mm, leaving a 59mm gap at the top.

How are newbuild garages normally designed? Do housebuilders fit imperial, metric or brick-sized doors? If so I need to find some.

Thanks!

 

[jj4091]

You can get garage doors in both standard off the shelf sizes and made to measure the opening. Size of opening depends on which type of door you want.

 

[noseall]

I'm designing a new garage. Hopefully a simple question...

How are garage doors normally specified? They're normally still sold in increments of feet and inches, then you add a 75mm frame and end up with some awful random measurement, which is often miles away from standard brick lengths.

E.g. a 8'0" x 7' door is 2578w x 2191h including the frame.

The next biggest brick opening would be 2710mm, leaving a 66mm gap either side of the frame.

The next biggest opening height would be 2250mm, leaving a 59mm gap at the top.

How are newbuild garages normally designed? Do housebuilders fit imperial, metric or brick-sized doors? If so I need to find some.

Thanks!

7' x 7' plus goal posts i.e. 6" for the sides 3" for the top.

The metal framed garage door we had fitted had a lot more adjustment than the wooden posted one we had previously. Trims can be added to the sides and top.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

How are garage doors normally specified?

All can be made to measure, but the roller shutter doors always are made to your specified size.

 

[stevie888]

Designikng to standard brick format is all well and good, but half decent brickies will get the dims you want.