How To Frame A Garage Door Wall

Let s talk about the garage door rough opening first.

How to frame a garage door wall.

With the baseplate secure to the concrete floor i ve got a good base to attach my wall frame to. Attach lumber to the face of the garage wall to the edge of the garage door header. This is much easier than building the wall frame in place vertically against the wall. An attached garage is a ready made enclosed space with the framing roof and siding already in place.

Now cut a 2 x 6 piece of lumber to that measurement. 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. Wood garage door framing sheathing and wood siding need to be 6 in. 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.

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. The first step in converting a garage is to remove the door and build a wall. Next pull a measurement between the 2 x 6 lumber that you just attached to the face of the garage wall. Consider hiring a garage door contractor to remove the doors if you have this style spring.

Frame the rough opening for the garage door to 3 inches wider than the garage door you have selected. Of base material laid down and compacted. How to frame a garage door 1. In this section i ve cleared out some space on my garage floor.

For those who are not familiar with what this is. Four to 6 in. We are going to be marking the location of each stud on them simultaneously with a small framing square that is 1 1 2 wide.