This is called tilt up construction.
How many studs for wall with garage door opening.
Headers should be a minimum of 12 wide.
We are going to be marking the location of each stud on them simultaneously with a small framing square that is 1 1 2 wide.
A typical door opening is 2 inches 5 1 cm wider than the door size being installed to allow for the thickness of the jamb material and shims to plumb the jamb.
This is the perfect location to mount garage door and garage door opener hardware.
It is much easier to build the wall frame on the floor then pivot it up into position.
Cut two 2 x 6 pieces of lumber and attach to the face of the wall running from the edge of your garage door jambs to the ceiling of your garage.
Photo 1 from the back and front surface of studs and joists.
With 2 4 framing that means you have to hold two cables running side by side tight to each other.
Measure your door carefully and cut the opening to fit using a reciprocating saw.
Pull a measurement from the floor of your space to the ceiling next to the door opening.
Calculate the placement for any door opening and cut the jack and cripple studs to length.
Doubled 2 4 s at minimum should be at each edge of the garage door to allow for the mounting of the tracks and jamb brackets.
Make the opening the width of the door plus 2 inches 5 1 cm and if additional studs are needed a space for these as well.
Cut the header and have it ready when you layout the rest of the wall framing.
Header requirement 2 at minimum the header should be 12 wide with doubled 2 4 at opening and ceiling running the width of the door with a 2 4 in the center of the opening for the center bracket to attach to.
Typical stud spacing is 24 inches on center for two by sixes unlike.
On both sides of the garage door you will have as few as two 2x4 s to as many as four 2x4 s nailed together.
These studs on either side of the garage door are easy to locate visually and serve to support the garage door opening.
Clamp the plates together and mark their edges with an x between two marks 1 inches apart to designate stud locations.
This lumber will be used to attach your garage door track and a portion of your assembly.
The code requires that you hold all wires at least 1 1 4 in.