Building an interior wall that needs an entrance and exit?
Here are step-by-step instructions for how to frame a door.
Building aninterior wallwith a door frame must be handled differently than an interior wall without.
While there are a few more things to remember, it can be just as easy!
Impress future house guests by learning how to frame a door using our easy steps.
With a little bit of hard work, you’ll get the job done in no time.
Then cut individual studs and attach them with angle-driven screws or nails.
Select thestraightest studsyou can find for framing to avoid problems later.
Build the wall with a bottom plate running across the doorway.
This keeps the entire wall in one plane as you install it.
Then, you’ve got the option to cut the bottom plate out after the wall is installed.
Mark Studs
Lay out thepositions of the studs.
Space the studs 16 inches on centerevery multiple of 16 inches falls in the center of a stud.
To do this, mark for each stud 34 inch short of the multiple of 16 inches.
Mark for the opening’s jack stud and king stud.
A king stud is a stud that spans the height of the wall.
If you doubt how big to make the opening, make it 14 inch on the larger side.
Install Studs
load the regular studs and the king studs.
roll out the header with two 16d nails through each king stud.
Attach them to the top plate with 16d nails.
The infill cripples continue the16-inch on-center spacingof the wall studs regardless of where the door is located.
Space the infill cripples accordingly.
Attach them with 16d nails through the top plate and 8d toenails into the header.
ensure the sides of the door openingare plumb.
Tip the wall into place.
Nail Wall
Attach a top plate at the ceiling.
Anchor the wall by nailing up to the ceiling plate.
Instead,clamp a levelto the side of one of the studs for hands-free viewing.
Drive the nails through the shims to keep them from slipping out.
For shims, 14114734 is the most common size when hanging a door.
