Raising man door

[Varty Yo]

So my garage is built very low in my yard and ive always had issues in the spring with water. Id love to raise the whole garage but sadly it was built off grade not off the slab so that wont work. I wanna raise the man door 6" then back fill the yard up 4" or so i can crown the yard to the side to have water collect at the edges.

How hard is it to raise the man door? Just cut out the header and raise it then raise the bottom? Seems pretty straight forward.

Thanks

 

[The Cobbler]

you got it.

 

[egdede]

The header is usually sitting on 'trimmer' studs which are fastened to the 'king' studs. You can't raise the king stud because it already extends to the top-plate. And, the trimmers are nailed to the king. So; you have to deconstruct the whole assembly and just put longer trimmers in. Post a picture of the framing at issue.

 

[tjdux]

Are you planning on piling dirt along the side of the garage? Is it siding or concrete stem wall where you want the new dirt?

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[PhysicsDude]

How tall are you? You can always just cut 6" off the bottom of the door...