How Do You Frame A Garage Door Opening?
The rough opening of a garage door opening is usually six inches wider than the width of the garage door. Before installing the garage door, the framing of the door opening needs to be finished. Typically a new rough garage door opening will have exposed jambs with no framing on the inside wall. Once you know how to frame a garage door opening, you will be able to securely install your garage door. Measure the height of the door jamb between the floor and the top of the opening with a tape measure. The top of the opening is known as the header. Cut a piece of 2×6 to the length you just measured with a circular saw. Use 16-penny nails to fasten the piece of 2×6 flat to the inside edge of the door jamb. Go to the other door jamb and do the exact same process. When nailing the finished jamb boards in place make sure that the edge pointing toward the garage is flush with the inside dry wall. Use a tape measure to measure the distance between the two finished jambs at the top of the door op
