Framing In Overhead Garage Door

Cut two 2 x 6 pieces of lumber and attach to the face of the wall running from the edge of your garage door jambs to the ceiling of your garage.

Framing in overhead garage door. Pull a measurement from the floor of your space to the ceiling next to the door opening. How to measure the finished width and height use of 2x4s for the sides and header. Double trimmers should be used for garage door headers considering the length and the weight they bear. Header the header is ideally a minimum 12 wide micro laminated beam that spans the width of the garage door opening.

After you have all of your garage wall framing erected joined at the corners and braced you can proceed to installing the final top plate which is called the lock plate as is shown in the diagram at the left. A rough opening refers to the space left inside a door or window frame door in this case where the actual door will be fitted. The size of the garage door framing should equal the size of the door after the jamb is applied. For those who are not familiar with what this is.

Rough opening of garage door. Cut the header from 2 x 12 lumber and to a length of the rough opening plus 6 inches. Let s talk about the garage door rough opening first. 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.

How to frame a garage doors opening in this case 9ft wide by 8ft tall. Nail or screw 2 x 6 jambs to the framing on the top first and then the sides of the rough opening. Install the header on top of the trimmers and nail.