Tuesday, 11 May 2021

Notching a Header

It looks like a wide header. Goes all the way from opening to top plates. Unless the opening is more than 4' wide, and there is no more than one story above it, I wouldn't make a fuss over it. When I framed houses, we'd put the smallest header that was required, with the height of the opening a little higher, perhaps 3/4 inch, just to insure that we had plenty of room for whatever component as going to end up there. If it turned out to be too high, it's easy for the door guy to 'build it down' to whatever he wants.

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