Quote:
Originally Posted by jjplumley
Yep! Lots of good suggestions in here. I'm looking into making the garage door trim removable on each side (it needs to be replaced anyhow), as opposed to tracks. That's the current plan at least.
Also got an appointment this morning with a garage door company to see if the middle divider can come out. If I had a 17' garage door I shouldn't have any clearance problems!
-Joe
|
Knowing a bit about construction - I think that conversion of the two single doors into a "double" will not be viable, due to high cost for that reconstruction. The "middle" post was almost certainly built as one (or two) load-bearing posts for two short and separate header beams on each door.
If it was built that way, then the two header beams themselves would have to be replaced by a longer structure, at a high cost (due to complexities of supporting the load while the short beams are removed and replaced). I hope that width+trim changes can provide enough room for you to avoid the big conversion.