Headers should be a minimum of 12 wide.
How do you frame a garage door opening.
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.
Doubled 2 4 s at minimum should be at each edge of the garage door to allow for the mounting of the tracks and jamb brackets.
Measure the distance from the bottom plate of the wall to a point that is 1 1 2 inches higher that the garage door.
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.
Let s get started with your framing 1.
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To finish the opening.
Cut the header from 2 x 12 lumber and to a.
Frame the rough opening for the garage door to 3 inches wider than the garage door you have selected.