Metal Framing Door Headers

Cut the door header.

Metal framing door headers.

Measure the width of your door frame. Step 1 measure and mark the door jambs from the floor to the desired height of the header. When the opening is greater in width than the stud spacing and most windows are wider than 24 in. Fire rated gray right hand flush steel prehung commercial door and frame with panic bar and hardware 679 00 699 00.

Set your store to see local availability choose options. To make the door header the top of the door frame cut two 2x4s to the same length as the width of the original opening and nail them securely together. Together the headers king studs and trimmers act as a system that transfers weight from above down and around the window and door openings to the floor and foundation below. A header is a simple beam sized to support the load above the opening it spans.

You will need to add 1 2 of plywood between the 2x4 s to get the right wall thickness of 3 1 2. In addition door openings in metal walls don t require structural headers used in wood framed openings. When in doubt use 2 by 12 inch headers. Most door frames that are 4 feet wide or less require a 2 by 6 header.

Unlike wood framing steel framing doesn t rot due to moisture and it resists rust. Between 4 and 5 feet the header should be built 2 inches wide and 8 inches long while a larger opening needs a header that is 2 by 12. The longer the distance a header spans and the heavier the load it supports the more substantial it needs to be. This is the actual thickness of a 2x4.

Infill stud sill angle header tracks infill stud jamb additional anchorage jamb base track cripple stud cripple stud use of cripple stud to receive head sill tracks at the. If you are using metal stud framing you can buy an easy to install one piece factory fabricated header or you can build your own. Then a header must be inserted to carry the load of the interrupted stud s. Armor door 36 in.