How To Frame A Garage Door Header

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

How to frame a garage door header.

How to build a garage door header step 1. In all but the most bizarre situations they ll easily carry the weight for 4 ft. Let s get started with your framing 1. Cut three pieces of 1 inch by 11 inch lumber to the width measurement of the garage door rough opening plus 12.

Header the header is ideally a minimum 12 wide micro laminated beam that spans the width of the garage door opening. Lay a single piece of the 1 inch by 11 inch lumber cut in. 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. Rip 11 inch wide strips of inch plywood using a circular saw.

Frame the rough opening to a height that is 1 5 taller than the door that you have selected. Wide window and door openings and in most situations be code compliant for openings up to 6 ft. How to measure the finished width and height use of 2x4s for the sides and header. Frame the rough opening to 3 inches wider than the garage door size you have selected.

Wide a common patio door width. If you are installing a 9. 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.