Metal Stud Door Header

To cut individual steel studs and tracks use straight cut aviation snips photo 1.

Metal stud door header.

Measure the distance between the faces of the king studs and add 4 inches. Protect your door and window header installations from download forces. Step 6 cut two metal studs to the measurement between the door jambs. Boxed jamb studs welded together reduces material build up and finish problems.

You can insert 2x4s into headers and studs at door openings to provide a surface for attaching doorjambs. Lay the two studs horizontally in the track above the door opening with the inside of the studs facing each. Mark and cut a steel stud to length as the header. Back to back header reduces web crippling reinforcement requirements.

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. Hh header hangers can speed up the job strengthen the frame and eliminate the need for trimmers. 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. 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.

For fast accurate installation of door and window headers and other cross members. 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. Cut 2 inch long slits at each of the inside corners of the header.