How To Frame A Garage Door Wall

Four to 6 in.

How to frame a garage door wall.

Attach lumber to the face of the garage wall to the edge of the garage door header. The first step in converting a garage is to remove the door and build a wall. That way i can build the frame on the ground and then lift it into place. A rough opening refers to the space left inside a door or window frame door in this case where the actual door will be fitted.

In this section i ve cleared out some space on my garage floor. From the final grade vinyl siding can be touching the ground and fiber cement can be within 2 in. Of base material laid down and compacted. Let s talk about the garage door rough opening first.

How to frame a garage door 1. Consider hiring a garage door contractor to remove the doors if you have this style spring. To assemble the long garage wall framing components we will start with the 2 x 4 sole plate and top plate by laying lengths of 2 x 4 material side by side on the ground or garage floor. An attached garage is a ready made enclosed space with the framing roof and siding already in place.

This is much easier than building the wall frame in place vertically against the wall. Wood garage door framing sheathing and wood siding need to be 6 in. For those who are not familiar with what this is. Next pull a measurement between the 2 x 6 lumber that you just attached to the face of the garage wall.

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. Frame the rough opening for the garage door to 3 inches wider than the garage door you have selected. Now cut a 2 x 6 piece of lumber to that measurement.