Frame Of A Doorway

This domestically produced pocket door frame includes the track installation hardware and instructions.

Frame of a doorway.

Cut 2x4s to the height of the door plus 1 1 2 inches 5 1 cm to allow room for the top of the frame and allowance for leveling the jamb. To make the door header cut 2x4s to the width of the original opening. Framing a doorway is an integral part of constructing a new wall. Toenail the cripple stud to the top plate and the side of the header.

The rough opening is taller and wider than the assembled door jambs to allow space for the jambs plus a little extra for shimming the assembly should the opening not be exactly plumb or square. Frame a door rough opening a pro carpenter teaches you his 3 simple rules for framing door rough openings efficiently. A king stud is one that runs continuously from the top plate usually a double plate to the bottom plate. Whether you re placing a door in an interior or exterior wall the process is the same.

A typical residential door is 32 inches wide and 80 inches tall so the rough opening is 34 inches wide and 82 inches tall. Anyone with any experience marking and cutting lumber and driving nails can easily frame a doorway. Install a cripple stud between the header and the top plate halfway between the king studs. Make a header by fitting two 2 x 8s around a 1 2 inch piece of plywood.

The unfinished natural wood frame can be installed to either side of the door opening.