Decision is to put a single garage door on a double car garage. It is a 24' wide garage. It will have an opener.

Is a 16' door wide enough for two full size rigs. Suv and PU?

What else should be spec'd on the door in new const?

Thanks guys.

Parking spots are 8'. Not giving yourself a lot of room between the cars or between the car and the doorframe.

I think that's pretty standard. You just have to pay attention and pull forward so you have a little room to angle if you want to. Drive through a housing addition and you will see plenty of cars parked side beside in 16 foot doors.

We have single double door on garage, can pull in two vehicles, one being a Crew Cab F150 easily.


Insulated door or not,
Type of opener, chain, belt or direct drive,
Do you want to manage it via phone/Siri/Alexa


If and when we have to redo the garage opener the Chamberlain Wall mounted direct drive would be my choice, eliminate the center mount hanging units

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A full size PU or SUV is about 6" wide so that leaves plenty of room between them, especially if you pull a bit towards the outside on each car.

I have a 24 foot garage and two 10 foot doors.

My garage is wide and deep running an 18 foot door ( 17' 8" opening ). My garage walls are insulated, sheetrock and textured ... however my garage doors are not insulated and wish they were.

My thought is go to an 18 foot wide insulated door.

Make sure the header is more than minimum code. Every double door is sagging around here.

Garage doors are like safes. Always go bigger when you can. I’d want wider than 16’.
Make sure it is 8’ tall at least as well.

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Originally posted by petr:
Make sure the header is more than minimum code. Every double door is sagging around here.

Yes ... this ! Built our house in 1987 and over built the header. Never had a sagging problem.

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Originally posted by Black92LX:
Garage doors are like safes. Always go bigger when you can. I’d want wider than 16’.
Make sure it is 8’ tall at least as well.

This too ... ! My door opening height is 8 foot with 10 foot ceilings.

16’ is the standard. I have an 18’ door on a 24’ wide garage and that’s what you really want with that wide of a garage. That way when you pull in you have plenty of room to open your car doors without having to squeeze in and out of the car. It also gives you plenty of room to get things in and out of the garage without moving any vehicle like bicycles, trash cans, lawnmowers, bbq pits, hoses, car washing buckets, etc.

There’s no downside to a 18’ door when you have the room for it. 16’ doors became the standard because garages, especially on spec homes have become ridiculously small. 20’x20’ is common now. A 16’ door is what you want on a 20’ garage. You have the room for an 18’ so I would definitely do it.

agree on the 18, if it fits you must install it...

and, if you are considering having the floor coated or sealed, do it before you pull in a car while the concrete is cured and clean.

They can even put logos in these floors, a Nice big SIG logo on your side LOL

Doesn't the width depend on the opening size? Are you contemplating rebuilding the opening?

flashguy

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Originally posted by flashguy:
Doesn't the width depend on the opening size? Are you contemplating rebuilding the opening?

flashguy

He mentioned this being new construction so likely still in the planning phase.

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What else should be spec'd on the door in new const?

Liftmaster 8500W opener.

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Originally posted by old dino:
My garage is wide and deep running an 18 foot door ( 17' 8" opening ). My garage walls are insulated, sheetrock and textured ... however my garage doors are not insulated and wish they were.

My thought is go to an 18 foot wide insulated door.

... And my garage door opener is a Sommer (made in Germany). Love it !

If you have a 24’ wide building put a 20’ wide door on it

Two questions, ok, three.

1- are dead set on a single door?
2- do you hang out, putter work in your garage?
3- do you live in a climate that has very warm/cold seasons?

The reason I ask is in Vermont, it’s -20 out. Opening a 8’ door to bring a project in loses less heat. Same with 90 degree summer day. 80 in the garage until I open the door.

Next. If you have a spring or cable break, you can still use the other door.

Just my two cents.

I have 2x 8' doors on my 26' wide garage & 1x 16' door on my 30' wide shop/detached garage.

We park 2 cars in main garage nightly and I prefer the 2 door setup. Even with the spacing to allow for a man-door, there is more room between the cars vs trying to fit both through 1 16' door. My side, opposite of the shared house wall, is a bit tight to open truck doors if I park dead center, but it is more than enough to get in & out (door barely touches window molding if I'm a bit off-center towards the wall).

I have crunched my passenger side mirror when I forgot that I'd angled the truck in to make room for a ladder under the attic access, but that wasn't the door's fault.

TBH mentioned springs breaking, also think opener failures. I've had lightning take out both safety eye systems at various times and wife's side completely failed 2 years ago. Wife can just use functional side & I park outside while I sort it out (parts or replace opener). Much less complaining to listen to....
I will also do the shaft-mounted opener & the extended tracks that move the door much closer to the ceiling when I replace the 2 I have -which will be soon as they are 20 years old & getting loose even with new rollers.