Minimum Width Between 2 Garage Doors

The average width of a car is around 6 to 6 5 feet.

Minimum width between 2 garage doors.

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. They are most often 1 to 1 5 inches in thickness. Side walls are the space on the side of your garage door or in between doors if you have multiple doors to your garage. Add a few feet on either side to get in and out of a vehicle and you will soon be close to the 20 foot width of the minimum garage size.

These widths and depths were created to allow 3 feet between your vehicle and the side walls plus 3 feet between each vehicle. It s required to have a minimum of 3 75 inches on each side in order to have enough space for the vertical tracks. Stepping up a little bit with 9 2 7 m wide doors you ll need your garage to be a minimum of 24 feet 7 3 m wide if not wider depending on whether you want a front access door rather than one on the side. You can get a custom height for an additional cost.

No matter what door configuration you choose the following recommended minimum double garage sizes apply. The standard garage door height is 7 feet 2 1 meters but an 8 foot 2 4 meter height is also available. Doors made for two cars can be as little as 14 feet wide 4 3 meters but are more commonly 15 or 16 feet wide 4 6 or 4 9 meters.