What size garage door do I need?
Pick what you are parking. Get the size, drawn to scale, and what it costs installed.
You need a 9x7 — One car or a normal pickup. The standard single door.
Estimated cost
$2,580 – $5,250
Typical: $3,920 · installed, old door taken away
Line items
| Insulated steel door, 9x7 | $2,600 |
| Fitting, springs and tracks | $900 |
| Old door out and away | $410 |
National guide ranges, checked September 2026. The same door costs noticeably more in some states than others — treat this as a starting point and get a written quote.
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All standard sizes
Every size, and what fits through it
| Size | Type | What fits |
|---|---|---|
| 16x7 | double | Two normal cars side by side. The most common double door in America. |
| 10x10 | single | One vehicle with height — a lifted truck, a small RV, a box van. |
| 8x7 | single | One small car. Tight for anything wider than a sedan — mirrors are the problem, not the body. |
| 9x7 | single | One car or a normal pickup. The standard single door. |
| 10x8 | single | One full-size truck or SUV with a roof rack. |
| 16x8 | double | Two vehicles, one of them tall. The double door for a truck household. |
| 12x10 | oversize | A workshop bay, a boat on a trailer, a dual-wheel truck. |
| 12x12 | oversize | An RV, a lifted dually, a shop with a lift in it. |
| 10x7 | single | One vehicle with room to open the door without touching the frame. |
| 18x7 | double | Two vehicles with real space between them. Common on newer builds. |
| 18x8 | double | Two vehicles, one tall, with room to walk between them. |
| 12x7 | single | One wide vehicle, or one car plus a workbench along the wall. |
| 20x10 | oversize | Two tall vehicles, or a commercial bay. |
| 20x8 | oversize | A wide double for a three-car garage's main bay. |
| 20x12 | oversize | An RV bay. This is a commercial-weight door on a house. |
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Rough opening and clearances
For a sectional door the rough opening equals the door size exactly. A 16x7 door needs a 16'0" wide by 7'0" high finished opening.
| Clearance | Minimum | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Headroom, standard torsion | 12" | Between the top of the opening and the ceiling. Clopay and Garaga both publish this. |
| Headroom, with an opener | 15" | The opener rail runs above the door, so it needs three more inches. |
| Headroom, low-clearance kit | 9" front, 4.5" rear | Depends where the spring mounts. Costs more and needs a different spring assembly. |
| Sideroom, each side | 3.75" | For the vertical track. 5.5" if the opener rail is side-mounted. |
| Backroom | door height + 16" | Door height + 4'2" for a ceiling-mounted opener. |
| Track radius, 12 in | 12-14" headroom | A tighter turn for a low ceiling. Works the opener harder. |
| Track radius, 15 in | 15-18" headroom | The smoother turn, and the normal choice on a 7 ft door. |