RV Garage Door Size??

[dfoxhoven]

So I'm looking at building a home, unfortunatley, the development has HOA's which I'm not a fan of, but we're limited in our area and budget. With that being said, the builder can build me an RV garage 14x38 for my Travel trailer, which is fine with size as I don't plan on going bigger than that. However, the buildery wants to put a 10x12 door b/c they're concerned any bigger will scare potential buyers away from other homes. Granted my RV is only 8' wide, my concern is I'll be backing at a slight angle. Has anyone here had any success with a 10' wide RV garage door??

[ncrowley]

With the mirrors on our Class A, the minimum width door we could have was 12 feet, and that left only a few inches if clearance. We decided to go with a 14 x 14 door, and are very happy we did. You can get any RV through that size door.

[ExxWhy]

I have that exact size doors on my building, 12 high by 10 wide. It's pretty tight width wise, I always use a spotter. Height is fine for a TT, but we're positive there won't be a 5ver in our future. If I had to do it over again, I would suggest the 12' wide door.

[Lynnmor]

Hammerboy wrote:

NJRVer wrote:
By the time you figure the door jambs and the weatherstrip stop that 10' wide will only be about 9'6".
That would give 9" of clearance on each side if you back perfectly right down the middle.

If you have only 9"6" net on a 10' garage door, somebody screwed up. Openings between the finish jambs are made to the overhead door size and then the weather strip is inside of that so maybe couple of inches less at most.

I always used a strip of doorstop and then the weatherstrip. While most around here use only the weatherstrip, on a very high door it looks ugly as each panel tilts as much as it can. With just a small amount of running clearance the panels are kept straight. Yes, some jamb the weather strip tight against the door, ignoring instructions, and the vinyl turns outward and has a short life.

[Hammerboy]

NJRVer wrote:

Hammerboy wrote:

NJRVer wrote:
By the time you figure the door jambs and the weatherstrip stop that 10' wide will only be about 9'6".
That would give 9" of clearance on each side if you back perfectly right down the middle.

If you have only 9"6" net on a 10' garage door, somebody screwed up. Openings between the finish jambs are made to the overhead door size and then the weather strip is inside of that so maybe couple of inches less at most.

But anyway, an 8' trailer and the awning makes it somewhat tight. I put in a 12' wide door and have plenty of room. It's also a 12' 9" high door (building built as high as covenants would allow) I can theoretically go as high as 13' but didn't want a tight radius track. I have a front bedroom AC and have about 3" to spare.

Dan

Dan

Not done that way around here. You would end up with your track brackets fastened to the jamb instead of the stud.

Hmmm... must have different types of garage doors out east. I don't have enough fingers and toes for the amount of garage openings I framed in over the past 30+ years with finished openings at the doors stated size. But one thing we can agree on is 10' door is too small :B

Dan

[Bob_Vaughn]

The wider the door the better .......You need to have a good view down both sides because once you start the rv into the door you could be blind as to what the rear is doing..........I painted orange stripes on my floor so I can see that the rv is tracking in the right direction and will end up where it needs to be to put the slides out on both sides......Get the highest door you can so in the future you can up grade to a 5th wheel.....

[NJRVer]

Hammerboy wrote:

NJRVer wrote:
By the time you figure the door jambs and the weatherstrip stop that 10' wide will only be about 9'6".
That would give 9" of clearance on each side if you back perfectly right down the middle.

If you have only 9"6" net on a 10' garage door, somebody screwed up. Openings between the finish jambs are made to the overhead door size and then the weather strip is inside of that so maybe couple of inches less at most.

But anyway, an 8' trailer and the awning makes it somewhat tight. I put in a 12' wide door and have plenty of room. It's also a 12' 9" high door (building built as high as covenants would allow) I can theoretically go as high as 13' but didn't want a tight radius track. I have a front bedroom AC and have about 3" to spare.

Dan

Dan

Not done that way around here. You would end up with your track brackets fastened to the jamb instead of the stud.

[wa8yxm]

RV is 8.5 feet wide. and variable height

Door should be at least six inches HIGHER than RV (1 foot is better) and 1 foot wider than RV (agin more is better)

I would suggest a "2 car" garage with a double wide door RV height plus 1 foot if you can talk him into it.

[Hammerboy]

NJRVer wrote:
By the time you figure the door jambs and the weatherstrip stop that 10' wide will only be about 9'6".
That would give 9" of clearance on each side if you back perfectly right down the middle.

If you have only 9"6" net on a 10' garage door, somebody screwed up. Openings between the finish jambs are made to the overhead door size and then the weather strip is inside of that so maybe couple of inches less at most.

But anyway, an 8' trailer and the awning makes it somewhat tight. I put in a 12' wide door and have plenty of room. It's also a 12' 9" high door (building built as high as covenants would allow) I can theoretically go as high as 13' but didn't want a tight radius track. I have a front bedroom AC and have about 3" to spare.

Dan

Dan

[bguy]

Better to go 12' wide. 10' will be pretty tight with an angled approach. BTW you don't lose much of the opening so a 10' door should be close to 10' opening. You could get used to it. The weather strip should be the only intrusion into the width. As for height you should easily come up with a 13' door to fit with 14' ceiling.

[memtb]

dfoxhoven, I'm 14'x14' on mine, and don't regret it for a minute!

[NJRVer]

By the time you figure the door jambs and the weatherstrip stop that 10' wide will only be about 9'6".
That would give 9" of clearance on each side if you back perfectly right down the middle.

[Lynnmor]

I am across the river from you, why not get out a bit farther and breath free? In my opinion, those rules have no place in the life of an RVer.

I use a pole barn and like the idea of being able to open slides and the awning so it can quickly dry.

[JAC1982]

I'm also not sure how a larger door on the same size building is going to scare away other buyers. How big are these lots?

[JAC1982]

We live in an HOA but also on acreage, lots of detached RV garages in our neighborhood. I think you need to push your builder for a 12x14 door. The smaller size might be fine for you, but anybody with a 5th wheel will probably want a 14' door, and 10' is doable, but such a tight squeeze, anybody with a larger rig wouldn't like it that much.

We actually looked at a house that had a nice outbuilding, but the door was too short... made it a big negative for us. What was extra annoying was there was room to put a bigger door, they just didn't because they only had a boat.