Interior Garage Door Framing

Cut two 2 x 6 pieces of lumber and attach to the face of the wall running from the edge of your garage door jambs to the ceiling of your garage.

Interior garage door framing.

We have a wide variety from single and double pre hung doors and slab doors to french doors barn doors and more. How to measure the finished width and height use of 2x4s for the sides and header. 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. You can purchase the lumber you need at a lumberyard or home improvement warehouse store.

Nail the door frame to studs drive 8 finishing nails through the frame through the shims and into the studs. Simply nail a 1 x 1 x 4 piece of pine to each end stud and run the string to each end. Solid core doors are heavier and offer more sound control. It s a softer lightweight wood that is resistant to swelling and shrinking.

They require an existing door frame. This lumber will be used to attach your garage door track and a portion of your assembly. In the industry this is called the goal post. Before choosing an interior door consider whether you want a solid core or hollow core.

You do this with a string line run along the top plate out from the edge of the plate about 1 2. Header the header is ideally a minimum 12 wide micro laminated beam that spans the width of the garage door opening. Wood studs are most often 2x4 nominal size but 2x6 and other size studs are also used in residential framing. Determine the size of the framing members in the wall you are framing the door in.

Frame the rough opening for the garage door to 3 inches wider than the garage door you have selected. The following are the most common types of wood used for interior door frames. Drive two nails through each shim about an inch from each edge of the jamb with one about a inch above the other. Drive two nails through the frame through the shims and into the studs.

Pine this is the most popular since it s easy to source and widely available throughout the country. Interior doors looking for interior doors. As you place each garage wall framing structure into position you want to first make sure it is in a straight line before you secure your bracing.