Cut the door header.
How to frame out a garage door.
If you are installing a 9 wide door the opening will be 9 3 wide.
But this is also the most durable and long lasting option.
Find a 1 2 inch or whatever you decided for the bottom gap piece of scrap and place it under the door near the post.
How to measure the finished width and height use of 2x4s for the sides and header.
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.
How to frame a garage doors opening in this case 9ft wide by 8ft tall.
Cut four 2 x 4 trimmers to this length and nail two each to either side of the rough opening.
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 will need to add 1 2 of plywood between the 2x4 s to get the right wall thickness of 3 1 2.
Frame the rough opening for the garage door to 3 inches wider than the garage door you have selected.
Header the header is ideally a minimum 12 wide micro laminated beam that spans the width of the garage door opening.
Adding one course of block to a slab keeps the garage door framing farther up from the ground which may be necessary depending on the grade.
The most expensive option is laying several courses of blocks on top of frost footings and then resting the edges of the slab on the blocks.
How to frame a garage door 1.
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 the sides of the door.
This is the actual thickness of a 2x4.
Frame the rough opening to a height that is 1 5 taller than the door that you have selected.