Accurate Door Framing Video

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Nice work! I need your suggestions. I have an archway that I want to put a door into. I have decorative side panels that I can use and a nice little wrought iron design piece that will fit into the arch on the side which will leave that part open for air. I would like to know the best way to frame for the door and the side panels. I am wondering if I can just screw in some 2x4's into the floor and top of the arch and anchor to the sides of the archway in order to preserve the height, as putting a header across an already established archway would lower the door height. Ann

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Accurate Door Framing

ACCURATE DOOR FRAMING Hi, I'm Bob Schmidt with Home Remodel Workshop. Probably the single most important part in your framing is your doorframe. Proper door framing can make the whole job as far as installing the door is much easier. I’ll show you how to do that and let’s get to work. Now, before you can frame for door you have to understand the door sizing. This door particular here that we’re going to put in today is a 2,6 door does not mean 26inches. I t means 2foot 6inches which is a thirty inch door. You always frame 2 inches wider than the size of the door to allow for this frame material, and to allow for seams for setting the door. Same holds true on a height, a standard height door is 6foot 8. You always frame 6foot 10. Along side of your opening for the door you will always going to have two studs. This stud here that’s an inch and a half away from the opening, we call it the “king stud”, and it runs from the base plate all the way up to the bottom of your plate at the top. Now, this stud here will call it the “curple”, it comes this even with your opening. This is what you’re going to hook your door too, and it runs from the bottom plate all the way up to the bottom of your header which is the top framing for the opening. Now, there’s a reason why you always have two studs along side of the door opening, is because: a. it adds more strength for holding the weight of the door; b. if you nailed these two studs together nice and flat on the front it will also help keep off from twisting or bending, and the third reason is, is when you edge your box when you put your door trim on here it will hold your box fall enough away, so that the standard trim or fit. If you’re using it wider than standard room you can always air block alongside of that nail it on to put your box onto to give you enough spacing for your trims. Single most important thing you can do when your framing a door is make sure that this is flat, hold this level about the center of the opening, put it up against this two studs, and make sure that the bubble is as closed the dead center between those lines that you can get. There’s only a limited amount of space that you will have here to see me behind the door. If you have this leaning to form one way or the other, the door won’t fit properly. Once you’re sure that your two sides are plumb, you also have to make sure that your header is level. Now, sometimes when you’re building on a basement floor, and the floor is running down hill one side of your jam maybe keep up higher than the other. Make sure that you make any adjustments that you have to do to make this level prior to hanging drapes. So, there you go you got your weight right, you got your height right, you have your two side pieces that are nice and flash with each other that you spiked together strongly. You got a level tough and a plum side. You’re ready to get some dry on this thing, and this opening will be ready for door. One more thing I realized after watching this video that we made that you need to know, this framing that we did for this wall is for a non-bearing wall. In other words, if you will have your weight above here or roof load or a floor load you’ll have to consult an engineer and find out what side being needs to go up here prior to building the wall. Thanks. I think that was pretty. I forgot wait a second, in case you’d like this video we have some other stuff coming out, you’ll be the first one to see it. Just hit the subscribe bottom I think it’s right over there somewhere. Thanks.

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ACCURATE DOOR FRAMING

Hi, I'm Bob Schmidt with Home Remodel Workshop. Probably the single most important part in your framing is your doorframe. Proper door framing can make the whole job as far as installing the door is much easier. I’ll show you how to do that and let’s get to work.

Now, before you can frame for door you have to understand the door sizing. This door particular here that we’re going to put in today is a 2,6 door does not mean 26inches. I t means 2foot 6inches which is a thirty inch door. You always frame 2 inches wider than the size of the door to allow for this frame material, and to allow for seams for setting the door. Same holds true on a height, a standard height door is 6foot 8. You always frame 6foot 10. Along side of your opening for the door you will always going to have two studs. This stud here that’s an inch and a half away from the opening, we call it the “king stud”, and it runs from the base plate all the way up to the bottom of your plate at the top. Now, this stud here will call it the “curple”, it comes this even with your opening. This is what you’re going to hook your door too, and it runs from the bottom plate all the way up to the bottom of your header which is the top framing for the opening.

Now, there’s a reason why you always have two studs along side of the door opening, is because: a. it adds more strength for holding the weight of the door; b. if you nailed these two studs together nice and flat on the front it will also help keep off from twisting or bending, and the third reason is, is when you edge your box when you put your door trim on here it will hold your box fall enough away, so that the standard trim or fit. If you’re using it wider than standard room you can always air block alongside of that nail it on to put your box onto to give you enough spacing for your trims.

Single most important thing you can do when your framing a door is make sure that this is flat, hold this level about the center of the opening, put it up against this two studs, and make sure that the bubble is as closed the dead center between those lines that you can get. There’s only a limited amount of space that you will have here to see me behind the door. If you have this leaning to form one way or the other, the door won’t fit properly.

Once you’re sure that your two sides are plumb, you also have to make sure that your header is level. Now, sometimes when you’re building on a basement floor, and the floor is running down hill one side of your jam maybe keep up higher than the other. Make sure that you make any adjustments that you have to do to make this level prior to hanging drapes. So, there you go you got your weight right, you got your height right, you have your two side pieces that are nice and flash with each other that you spiked together strongly. You got a level tough and a plum side. You’re ready to get some dry on this thing, and this opening will be ready for door.

One more thing I realized after watching this video that we made that you need to know, this framing that we did for this wall is for a non-bearing wall. In other words, if you will have your weight above here or roof load or a floor load you’ll have to consult an engineer and find out what side being needs to go up here prior to building the wall. Thanks.

I think that was pretty. I forgot wait a second, in case you’d like this video we have some other stuff coming out, you’ll be the first one to see it. Just hit the subscribe bottom I think it’s right over there somewhere. Thanks.

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