How To Frame A Header For A Garage Door

How to frame a garage doors opening in this case 9ft wide by 8ft tall.

How to frame a header for a garage door.

Frame the rough opening for the garage door to 3 inches wider than the garage door you have selected. Building a structural header for a garage door opening can be handled on the jobsite and will offer the same structural support as more expensive solid wood beams. Cut four 2 x 4 trimmers to this length and nail two each to either side of the rough opening. Measure the distance from the bottom plate of the wall to a point that is 1 1 2 inches higher that the garage door height.

How to measure the finished width and height use of 2x4s for the sides and header. Leave a headroom of 14 or 12 minimum install the header jambs and center pad of the frame using a 2 x 6 lumber for the header jambs and center pad leave at least 5 of space on the sides of the door. Cut a 2 x 6 piece of lumber and nail to the face of wall exactly in the center of the garage header. Wide a common patio door width.

The procedure for constructing a header for 6 inch exterior wall framing can be modified for any wall thickness. Header requirement 2 at minimum the header should be 12 wide with doubled 2 4 at opening and ceiling running the width of the door with a 2 4 in the center of the opening for the center bracket to attach to. In all but the most bizarre situations they ll easily carry the weight for 4 ft. Wide window and door openings and in most situations be code compliant for openings up to 6 ft.

Attach lumber to the face of the garage wall to the edge of the garage door header 7. Last pull a measurement from the top of the 2 x 6 piece of lumber that you just installed to the ceiling of the garage.