Trailer is wider than the garage

[Techno]

Just dragged my junker out and hand moved the boat into position.

Something looked odd so measured both garage and trailer.
Trailer is about 98" and garage is about 96".
If I remove the trim its still too narrow. If I remove one set of 2x6 verticals its probably wide enough, but now only one is holding up the header.

Do I forget it or eventually reframe the door opening to allow the trailer a home?
If I widen it what would be a decent width. This stinkin setup is a detached double garage that sits half behind my house so you have to jog over to get it in.
Or I do it to the straight run but my Vette calls that stall home. Jog the Manual shift, manual steering Vette over to the side or hand move the boat into the side slot? ]
The straight run slot is still over about 3' so the 2nd stall is over quite a bit.

When I finaly fix the Vette I've gotta get the boat out of the way somehow, either back lawn or garage. Leaving it in the driveway blocks the car in.
Hmmmm.

[crazy horse]

Yes, removing the cripples could bring down the header, If it's not spiked real good. If it's on the gable end then it's not holding a lot of weight but still not a good idea. if you can get to the sides of the studs that are on the ends of the header spike the piss out of it before you pull the cripples. Garage doors get real pricey when you go over 9 ft. wide, This is the best size for a single opening, 8 ft. doors are a pain and very few newer home use them. You can get most trucks and vans with wide mirriors in a 9ft. door, Your boat would make it though also. If you jump to 10 ft. wide doors the price can jump pretty good. If you are going to widing the opening and it's on the overhang side make sure you brace your trusses before you pull anything loose. The gable side isn't as bad unless you have a hip roof or rafters.

[Stretch]

You could also wipe out the two tiny doors and put in a 16' door. My shop has a 16x9' door and you can pull in both bays easily. It was 1600$ installed, but a 7' or 8' may be quite a bit less.
-adam

[mendo]

I found a commercial style roll up door that is 10' wide for 600 bucks. make the frame work and you are there.

[LakeRacer99]

Well, when I bought my house, It was new. I measured the garage to make sure it was deep enough for my boat to fit in straight and not angled, but I did not measure the door width.
Both garage doors were 8ft wide. My was too wide (about 2-3inches). I got estimates to remove the 2 8ft doors and go with an 18ft door, which required replacing the header, and estimates were around $3000.
My neighbors were thinking I had gone mad, but the solution for me was to remove the 2x8 Cedar trim from around the door and put hinges on it. When I take the boat in or out I swing the trim open. This is a very tight fit, but my driveway is very flat and I can put it in by hand. I have about 2 inches total to spare from fender to door.
This has worked perfectly for 7years now.

[Techno]

I guess the summer job is to replace the whole thing with a single door. Kind of stupid when you think about it 2 doors? what for?
The door is on the peaks end and shouldn't be supporting much but don't want surprises just means less to worry about when I do it.
Might not even put a garage door up. As long as a something opens thats all I need. Several ways to go, like doors or the old single panel flip up kind.

I don't want to spend money!

I'm planning on (measure first) chopping out the offending support, they're 2 on each side of course, wheeling it in then replacing the chunk and adding a temp 3rd in. Just a fender area chunk thats all, just a wee bit of wood, nothing important.
But got to measure to see if it would fit. Only one of 2 is chopped not both!

[jjones2]

Removing the 2x6 trimmers should not affect your garage door header..this header should be setting on 2x4 cripples (or jacks) assuming your walls are 2x4 walls.....the 2x6 side trimmers only hold up the 2x6 top trimmer..least wise that is how we frame bldgs down here..course removing the trimmers leaves a pretty good gap around the existing door..just my .02

[LaserModVee]

You could always just build a dolly with casters to put your boat on and roll it in the garage while leaving the trailer outside. That's what I ended up doing when I rebuilt my boat. I used a waterbed frame someone gave me, (2X8's), and carpeted them with carpet from my home that I pulled up when renovating. The only cost involved was the casters and fastening hardware used to put it together.

But if you plan on storing the boat on the trailer in the garage later on, I guess you might as well do the one door thing now....

[Techno]

Won't work. The door rails are still too close so am forced to follow proper procedure:eek:

[Jeff "Yammer"]

BrAAAAAAAAP
Just kidding . I'm looking into buying a new house aswell and that is a major consideration for me too ..

JW