Roll Up Door Rough In Size

[vtjon]

I am building a two-level garage (need to start a gallery post) and the basement is poured concrete walls. I am putting an entry door and 8x7 garage door in the basement.

I planned to use an insulated roll up (coil) garage door from rollupdoorsdirect.com. We are forming the wall on Monday and my wall guy is asking for the exact rough-in size of the garage door. Based on what I know and what is rollup site, it should be exactly 8x7. He said he would trim it out with treated 2x during pour so it'd all be locked together but I don't think that's necessary unless it makes it easier to seal.

Thoughts on what I should advise? I know traditional garage doors require the trim.

I selected a roll up door because I thought it might be easier to install and maybe a little bit cheaper. I won't be installing a motor.

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[ard]

Its up to you to decide on the jamb detail....

A door that is mounted IN the wall, then your wall guy is right you want mounting surface.

But most roll ups, most garage doors are mounted inside the structure. Almost doesn’t matter what size the opening is, as long as the door covers it.

Looks like they have drawings that show about 2” of overlap on each side. So a 7ft wide you’d want a 6’8” rough opening. NO trim. But again, you could make the opening smaller- 6-7, or 6-6, and it would be OK.

(I assume you are OK with the opening size and all that... this isn’t for a car, right? )

My 2 cents


Edit: do you have the headroom for the roll up? IMO they aren’t easier or harder than any other door....

 

[vtjon]

Thanks. This was my assessment as well. It will be 8ft wide. This will not commonly be used for a vehicle but want to support one in a pinch. It seems you order the door the exact size of your opening and they add the additional 2" for the overlap. That said, I'm leading towards making the opening 95" x 83" (plus my slab). This will give me a bit of play.

Yes, I will have the headroom. I am going to have 8ft6in of interior height to the bottom my floor beams and another 14in in a cavity between the beam and wall.

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[readhead]

Did you look at how the coil door seals at the head? The side seals are very important also. I install a lot of these doors in sheds and honesty I don’t like them. They serve a purpose but barely. You have room for an overhead door and I would absolutely go that way. Ask for a door for a metal building so you don’t have seals on the concrete. As a matter of fact let them know exactly what you are doing and they can recommend the best way to go. I see no reason for any extra jamb material.

What about the walk door? Are you going to use a hollow metal jamb there so you don’t need any wood around the opening?

Both applications are very common to commercial construction. You aren’t reinventing the wheel. This should be very easy.

 

[vtjon]

After thinking about garage door last night, I think I will use a traditional door since I think windows will be helpful. I haven't priced or speced one but will go with 8ft x 7ft opening since that seems standard.

On the entry door, I planned to use a standard 36in x 80in prehung steel door so a rough opening of 38" x 82". I want a few lites in the door. I am going to call my building supply rep in the morning to confirm though.

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[rust in the eye]

After thinking about garage door last night, I think I will use a traditional door since I think windows will be helpful. I haven't priced or speced one but will go with 8ft x 7ft opening since that seems standard.

On the entry door, I planned to use a standard 36in x 80in prehung steel door so a rough opening of 38" x 82". I want a few lites in the door. I am going to call my building supply rep in the morning to confirm though.

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Good call.
I did an Ideal roll up door (pretty sure that's who makes what you're looking at) on a garden shed. It's a pretty flimsy thing that is nigh on impossible to effectively weather seal. Fine for my purposes but wouldn't want it for my garage.

 

[ard]

I have an insulated roll up door on my heated shop. Couple of brush seals, seems fine.

Personally the 'lapped channel' the door fits into seems to be a better seal than you see on a garage door.

Admittedly, I dont have any 'weather' on the door, as it is opens onto a covered area, FWIW. Two other roll ups are in the weather, put arent insulated and dont need to seal

GL