Garage Door Header Framing Detail

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Garage door header framing detail.

The first thing to know when framing and building walls is that you will need a bottom plate and two top plates to attach the wall studs to. Amarr offers 300 styles of garage doors. The finished 3 1 2 in. Choose from carriage house traditional and commercial garage doors in steel wood and wood composite materials.

All doors are set into a frame an opening inside the wall. Thick headers 1 1 2 in. Also see assumptions for table development. Frame the rough opening to a height that is 1 5 taller than the door that you have selected.

Depending on your opening the lumber width will be 6 to 8 wide. Window door garage door headers supporting roof loads only. When we installed the headers even with the top of the standard 92 5 8 in. Window door garage door headers supporting roof wall floor loads.

Header the header is ideally a minimum 12 wide micro laminated beam that spans the width of the garage door opening. Interior and exterior doors are framed basically the same way but interior doors are. The double top plate is needed to comply with building code. Layout the bottom plate and one of the top plates at 16 on center.

Code requires a double top plate for load bearing walls. 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. Framing for a non load bearing door header. If the door is 7 tall frame the opening 7 1 5.

Ideally 2 x6 is the most used header size. For each application a pdf download is available. Framing nails are highly recommended. To finish the opening cut the header and jambs from 2 lumber.

High studs it established just the right height for windows and doors fig. Use 2 inch lumber for the jambs as well and ensure they are appropriately nailed to the door opening with the help of a nail gun or hammer.