How To Frame A Header For A Garage Door

Building a structural header for a garage door opening can be handled on the jobsite and will offer the same structural support as more expensive solid wood beams.

How to frame a header for a garage door.

Frame the rough opening for the garage door to 3 inches wider than the garage door you have selected. How to measure the finished width and height use of 2x4s for the sides and header. Last pull a measurement from the top of the 2 x 6 piece of lumber that you just installed to the ceiling of the garage. 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.

When in doubt build a double 2 12 header sandwich like we explain next. Header the header is ideally a minimum 12 wide micro laminated beam that spans the width of the garage door opening. I ll explain the process more extensively as we proceed. 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 the sides of the door.

How to frame a garage doors opening in this case 9ft wide by 8ft tall. Attach lumber to the face of the garage wall to the edge of the garage door header 7. Wide window and door openings and in most situations be code compliant for openings up to 6 ft. Wide a common patio door width.

Measure the distance from the bottom plate of the wall to a point that is 1 1 2 inches higher that the garage door height. The procedure for constructing a header for 6 inch exterior wall framing can be modified for any wall thickness.