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RV Garage Doors in Las Vegas
An RV garage door is a standard sectional door scaled up until almost every part of it has to change. The panels are taller, the springs are heavier, the tracks run higher, and the opener that lifts a seven foot door will not lift this one. Prestige installs, replaces and repairs RV garage doors across the Las Vegas Valley, on new RV garages and on existing ones that have outgrown their door.
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Signs you need this
- A new RV garage needs a door and the builder left the opening bare
- The motorhome clears the opening by an inch, or does not clear it at all
- A tall door slams down, sags in the middle or will not stay up
- The opener on the tall door strains, stalls partway or has burned out
- The existing door is a single skin panel that cooks the garage in summer
How tall an RV garage door needs to be
RV garage door height is set by the coach, not the house. Most household doors are seven or eight feet high. Class C motorhomes and travel trailers usually need ten to twelve feet, and a Class A coach with a roof air conditioner and a satellite dome needs fourteen feet or more, which is why fourteen by fourteen and fourteen by sixteen are the sizes RV garages in the Valley are most often built for. Measure the tallest fixed point on the roof, add clearance for the suspension rising when the tanks empty, and then check the header height, because the door can only be as tall as the opening the framing allows.
What changes on a tall door
Weight, mostly. A sixteen foot door with insulated panels weighs a great deal more than a household door, so it runs on heavier torsion springs, usually two of them, on a thicker shaft with larger drums, and often on three inch track rather than two inch. Where the garage ceiling allows it, a high lift or full vertical lift track keeps the door out of the way of the coach roof when it is open. Every one of those parts is sized to the door, which is why an RV door is quoted after a site visit and not from a catalog.
RV garage door installation in Las Vegas
Installation starts with a site visit to measure the opening, the header and the ceiling, because a door this size is ordered to the opening rather than pulled from stock. The sections, springs, track and hardware arrive as one order, and once they are on site the installation is usually a single day: track and springs first, the sections hung from the bottom up, the door balanced by hand, and then the opener sized to the finished door. A new opener is part of almost every RV door install, and it is covered on its own page.
Insulation matters more on a big door
A single skin steel door the size of a wall is a radiator. Las Vegas attached garages already pass 120 degrees in summer, and an RV garage with an uninsulated door is where a coach sits with its batteries, tires and interior finishes baking for months. A polyurethane insulated panel adds rigidity as well as insulation, which matters on a sixteen foot span that would otherwise flex in the wind.
Repairing the one you have
Tall doors fail in the same places household doors do, with more force behind them: springs at the end of their cycle life, cables fraying at the drum, rollers worn through, and doors knocked out of the track by a coach that came in a little too close. The one job that is different is the opener. A trolley opener that was extended to reach a tall door is a common reason a tall door strains and quits, and the fix is the RV garage door opener page rather than another repair on the same unit.
Common RV garage door sizes and what they usually clear
| Door size (width by height) | Typically clears | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 10 by 10 feet | Vans, popups, small travel trailers | The smallest door that still counts as an RV door |
| 12 by 12 feet | Class C motorhomes, most travel trailers | Check roof air conditioner height |
| 14 by 14 feet | Most Class A coaches, fifth wheels | The most common RV door in the Valley |
| 14 by 16 feet | Tall Class A coaches with roof equipment | Needs a header at or above sixteen feet |
| 16 by 16 feet | Toy haulers and two vehicles side by side | Wind load and insulation matter most at this span |
Get this looked at
Call (725) 485-3587 or send the form below and we will come back to you.
Common questions
What size garage door do I need for my RV?
Measure the tallest fixed point on the roof, including air conditioners, vents and a satellite dome, then add clearance for the suspension rising when tanks are empty and for the door hardware itself. Most Class A coaches end up needing a fourteen foot door. Call (725) 485-3587 with the height and the opening and we will tell you what fits.
Can you make my existing garage door taller?
The door, yes: a taller door can be installed in the same opening if the opening itself is tall enough. The opening is the limit. Raising a header is framing work, and on a single story garage it usually means rebuilding the wall and the roof framing above the opening, so it is worth a look before anyone orders a door.
Do RV garage doors need a special opener?
Yes. Standard trolley openers are rated for household door heights, and stretching one with an extension kit to reach a taller door is a common reason it strains and quits. When any tall door stalls partway we check spring balance first, because a tired spring shows up as an opener problem. A wall mounted jackshaft opener or a commercial operator is the right tool, and it is covered on its own page.
How long does an RV door take to install?
A door this size is ordered to the opening, so the lead time is in the order rather than the install. Once the sections and hardware are on site the installation is usually a single day.
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