Cut the door header.
Reframing a garage door.
How to frame a garage door 1.
These doubled 2 4 s should extend to the ceiling on both sides to allow for the mounting of the end bearings and brackets.
To finish the opening.
Just go to your local home depot or lumber yard and they sell a garage door weather strip that then nails onto the pine and the flexible gasket rests against the door to seal out drafts and rain.
To make the door header the top of the door frame cut two 2x4s to the same length as the width of the original opening and nail them securely together.
You will need to add 1 2 of plywood between the 2x4 s to get the right wall thickness of 3 1 2.
It seems that you need to drop the header down 3 4 to get the rough frame to be flush with the top of the door.
Cut the header from 2 x 12 lumber and to a.
Installing new flooring or replacing an old door can cause a gap between the threshold and the bottom of a door.
A jack stud helps support the header above a door or window.
Doubled 2 4 s at minimum should be at each edge of the garage door to allow for the mounting of the tracks and jamb brackets.
If your garage door uses torsion springs then a 12 clearance between the ceiling and the top of the door opening is essential.
If the door is 7.
Frame the rough opening for the garage door to 3 inches wider than the garage door you have selected.
Double trimmers should be used for garage door headers considering the length and the weight they bear.
This is the actual thickness of a 2x4.
How to frame a garage doors opening in this case 9ft wide by 8ft tall.
Cut the plates to length and mark the stud door and window locations on the top and bottom plates at the same time.
If you are installing a 9.
Here s how to do it.
Frame the rough opening to 3 inches wider than the garage door size you have selected.
How to measure the finished width and height use of 2x4s for the sides and header.
Measure the distance from the bottom plate of the wall to a point that is 1 1 2 inches higher that the garage door.
To rough openings to allow for trimmers beneath the headers.
Let s get started with your framing 1.
If you use regular springs the clearance can be 10.