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.
Post frame garage door header.
Post that is part of both a sidewall and an endwall.
Thick headers 1 1 2 in.
Nfba post frame building design manual 1 4 pole.
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.
If the door is 7 tall frame the opening 7 1 5.
I ll explain the process more extensively as we proceed.
Post located in an endwall.
Post that frames the side of a door.
Poles are sometimes slabbed to aid in fastening framing members.
Header the header is ideally a minimum 12 wide micro laminated beam that spans the width of the garage door opening.
Building a structural header for a garage door opening can be handled on the jobsite and will offer the same structural support as more expensive solid wood beams.
Frame the rough opening to 3 inches wider than the garage door size you have selected.
The procedure for constructing a header for 6 inch exterior wall framing can be modified for any wall thickness.
Frame the rough opening to a height that is 1 5 taller than the door that you have selected.
I suggest you go through the entire article at least once before you start.
The finished 3 1 2 in.
A round naturally tapered unsawn wood post.
When we installed the headers even with the top of the standard 92 5 8 in.
Plus 1 2 in were the same thickness as the 2 4 wall framing 3 1 2 in.
Post located in a sidewall.