How To Frame A Garage Door Wall

This is much easier than building the wall frame in place vertically against the wall.

How to frame a garage door wall.

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. 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. 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.

With the baseplate secure to the concrete floor i ve got a good base to attach my wall frame to. Rough opening of garage door. Wood garage door framing sheathing and wood siding need to be 6 in. For those who are not familiar with what this is.

Four to 6 in. An attached garage is a ready made enclosed space with the framing roof and siding already in place. 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. Of base material laid down and compacted.

From the final grade vinyl siding can be touching the ground and fiber cement can be within 2 in. Attach lumber to the face of the garage wall to the edge of the garage door header. In this section i ve cleared out some space on my garage floor. 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. Next pull a measurement between the 2 x 6 lumber that you just attached to the face of the garage wall. The first step in converting a garage is to remove the door and build a wall.