How To Finish A Garage Door Frame

Your garage may be missing studs at the corners and attachment points for the ceiling drywall.

How to finish a garage door frame.

Let s get started with your framing 1. I m partial to the dewalt dwd520k which you can find on amazon 1 4 inch concrete drill bit 6. How to finish a garage having the experience from our previous two garages made it very easy to complete this project. Not only did we know what materials we needed but also had the tools and knew exactly what to do and how to do it.

I chose the dewalt dw5518 which you can pick up for under 10 on amazon 1 4 inch wood drill bit. Chalk a line between the marks and screw a 2 4 to the wall studs along the line. This is usually done by fastening two 2 6 s to the back of the frame from the floor to as high as the hardware will go to. If you are installing a 9.

Mark a line by spanning the bottom of the trusses with a straight 2 4 at each end of the wall. Most rough framed garages aren t ready for drywall. Frame the rough opening to a height that is 1 5 taller than the door that you have selected. For standard hardware this is usually around 18 inches above the header.

Make the rough opening 3 wider than the garage door also make the rough opening 1 5 taller than the garage door 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. Frame the rough opening to 3 inches wider than the garage door size you have selected. Back framing the garage door first the inside vertical jambs are lined with wood to mount the track to. To finish the opening.