To align a door with an adjacent window it is important to measure the entire height of the door within the frame as the frame height will be higher than the slab size.
How does window and door header heights work.
Your header size is determined by the load it carries.
Everyone has their little issues.
Together the headers king studs and trimmers act as a system that transfers weight from above down and around the window and door openings to the floor and foundation below.
Which means the jack studs are 81 inches long typically.
If you re a novice framer then this is the height of the bottom of the window and door headers.
So your jack stud should be cut at 81 for a 6 8 tall door.
Mine has to do with disparate casing heights around windows and doors in the same rooms.
How to match heights of doors and windows.
82 1 2 inches also happens to be the standard header height for windows and doors.
Set the window head heights to match the top of the door frame to align the interior trim.
Make sure the window head heights are set to match the top of the door frame so the interior trim can align.
The longer the distance a header spans and the heavier the load it supports the more substantial it needs to be.
You know when the trim on the top of a window doesn t perfectly line up with the door it s near this is how to solve that annoyance.