March 29, 2004

Rough-in Measurements for Doors

Tim,

When framing a wall with a door(s), what is the rough opening dimention for the door? Is it different for each manufacturer (if so, how do I find out what it is)? or is there a standard? Thanks for your time.

BGColton

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B,

I always roughed in my doors two and 1/4 inches wider than the actual door slab width and two and one-half inches more than the door slab height for interior doors. For exterior doors I always made the height three inches more than the slab height.

So, say you are roughing in for an interior door to a bedroom - I always put in 2' 8" doors that were 6' 8" high. So the rough opening would be: 34 and 1/4 inches wide by 82.5 inches high.

Tim Carter
www.askthebuilder.com
W3ATB

Posted by Tim Carter at March 29, 2004 06:20 PM
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