Garage Door Standard Sizes
can and do vary in different
geographical areas and even
between different sub-divisions
within the same city or town.

  There are a number of standard sizes for residential garage doors in the United States. As was stated above they will sometimes vary between different neighborhoods and different regions across the country. Also in many cases the standard size will be different depending on how long ago your home was built. As the American automobile & SUVs got bigger the garage doors had to be made bigger to accommodate them.

  So while the standard 16x7 double car garage door worked well for years many have been surprised by the fact that their new SUV or nice 4x4 will not fit underneath the header of the opening. Therefore in the late 1990’s builders started to build their new homes with garage door openings that were up to 8’ tall or even more sometimes so that homeowners could continue to park their vehicles inside where they will be safe and secure. 

  Hence on many newer homes there is a much greater range of sizes even though they are still considered to be a standard size by many manufacturers. Many simply make the door sections 18”, 21” or some use 24” and use a combination of sizes to obtain the height that is required. For most of the standard sizes up to 8’ tall please refer to our standard garage door size chart.

  However within the last few years that has been a much bigger demand for garage doors that are even taller than 8’ and many door manufacturers responded by making them up to 12’ or even 14’ tall. Once again by using a combination of the 18” and 21” or 24” sections they can make a door almost any height in 3” increments. Although you should contact a local IDA garage door dealer to determine which models are available in what sizes. There are simply to many variables & sizes to list them all here in an understandable format.