Metal Stud Door Header

You can insert 2x4s into headers and studs at door openings to provide a surface for attaching doorjambs.

Metal stud door header.

If you will be hanging cabinets or trim on a wall that s framed with metal studs install pieces of 3 4 inch plywood between the studs to provide a surface to screw into. Step 6 cut two metal studs to the measurement between the door jambs. Fill in above the door header with studs either 16 inches on center or 24 inches on center depending on how you framed the wall. Cut 2 inch long slits at each of the inside corners of the header.

Boxed jamb studs welded together reduces material build up and finish problems. To cut individual steel studs and tracks use straight cut aviation snips photo 1. If you need to cut dozens of metal studs and tracks quickly use a circular saw fitted with a toothless carborundum metal cutting blade 7 when cutting individual steel studs or tracks with a circular saw cut on the closed or web side and support the piece tightly on sawhorses. Header tracks infill stud header members typical base anchorage use of cripple stud to receive head sill tracks at the jamb studs helps maintain alignment of finishes.

Eliminates the need for studs below the header. Back to back header reduces web crippling reinforcement requirements. Protect your door and window header installations from download forces. This is for partitions walls only.

Measure the distance between the faces of the king studs and add 4 inches. Mark and cut a steel stud to length as the header. Lay the two studs horizontally in the track above the door opening with the inside of the studs facing each.