Height Of A Standard Garage Door

Many homeowners have two cars and need garage space to shelter them both.

Height of a standard garage door. Many home builders do not consider this a structural necessity but a style and price choice for the homeowner. A single car garage door is typically 8 feet wide adding another 8 feet in width for every additional vehicle with a standard height of 7 feet. These widths and depths were created to allow 3 feet between your vehicle and the side walls plus 3 feet between each vehicle. The standard size for double garage doors is 16 feet wide and 7 to 8 feet high.

Well normal garage doors measure 8 x 7 feet 9 x 7 feet and 10 x 7 feet all around. They are most often 1 to 1 5 inches in thickness. 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. Double garage doors have a width of 12 to 16 feet.

Standard garage door sizes range from single doors to commercial doors. Single garage doors are a height of 7 feet with widths from 8 to 10 feet. This is for a normal home with a normal car truck suv or van parked inside. Custom doors range per home.

For an approximately 12 x 22 detached garage or one attached to your house the most common width is 8 or 9 feet as for the height it is 7 or 8 feet however in terms of height it can go up to 12 feet to accommodate an rv. Rv garage doors are taller with a height of 8 to 9 feet and width of 16. You should reconsider the specifications for your garage door if you have multiple vehicles or a large vehicle to park inside.