Resizing Garage Door

Don't forget, you can also get low profile/high clearance tracks for the opener that might allow a shorter door opening to work... if the door opener hardware is the limiting factor.
 
I have a workshop with 7' doors built by the previous owner he used to store his collection of motorcycles in so height wasn't a concern for him (or power) but that's another story. The doors that face the driveway are a load bearing wall and on the eave side of the roof so no chance of raising without lifting the whole building or tearing down & starting over. Luckily there is a 3rd door on a non-load bearing wall that I could temporarily remove the door & header and use a forklift to get my toy in....


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Nice job!

I had the garage in mind for my trucks when looking to purchase my home. Took a while to find the right one. Height is fine and I just squeak by with the width of the doors.
 

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Even if you're not thinking about your garage, resizing your garage door can be the appropriate option for you. Because garages in southern California are so costly, some homeowners construct more oversized garages. They purchase a tiny house and build a separate garage. They provide additional storage space in the garage. I dealt with the top gate specialists, who installed a fantastic garage door opener and cared for my garage. It's now 8 feet tall, and I'm pleased with its job. These guys, in my opinion, are the greatest on the market right now.
 
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The house we are currently moving into has an attached garage with a 8' high by 18' wide door. I also had a "shed" built that is 46' wide by 64' long that has 2 doors 14'high by 16'wide in one end and a little 10' X 10' door in one side for the lawn mower. We are moving from a small 25 acre farm with a barn and 2 pole buildings down to slightly less then 2 acres but I'm keeping some toys.
 
It's really cool that you made repairs to your garage. Recently, my brother and I also decided to renovate our dad's garage, which died 4 years ago. This decision was made two months before his birthday, he would have turned 79. The timeline was short, but we tried to make it in time. In the first month, we removed all the debris from the garage, replaced the woodwork that was in poor condition, and ordered a door with https://www.internaldoors.co.uk/internal-doors/victorian that would connect the house and garage. In the second month, we successfully repainted the garage door and exterior and our repairs were ready for his upcoming birthday. It's too bad he didn't get to see the updated version of the garage, but I'm sure he would have loved it.
 
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I wish I had another foot as well. I built my 4R the way I did to make sure it still fit in the garage. Garage > Roof rack.
 
Height is fine on current, but the 8’ wide single doors drive my wife nuts. We’re just going to build a second garage with larger doors. Need room for boats, trucks, UTVs.
 
Old brick ranch- 2 garage doors 7' high 8' wide. It feels tight pulling in.

28' deep though which has been very helpful. I wish I had 8' height and 9' wide doors though!

Congrats on the redo!
 
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