For the height of the rough opening you need to add 2 inches to the height of the door.
Rough opening for a 6 foot french door.
The 6 8 stands for 6 8 tall and the 3 0 stands for 3 0 wide.
Door heights the height of common doors is 6 feet 8 inches.
You should add 2 1 2 to the height of the actual door.
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Wood jambs are normally thick so you would minus 1 off of the width and from the height.
Now all you need to know is how to properly frame your door rough opening.
So if you have a bedroom door that is 30 wide which is considered a 2 6 or 2 6 door just add 2 to the width and frame it 32 wide.
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To get the total width multiply the width of each door by 2 and add 2 inches.
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82 1 2 inches also happens to be the standard header height for windows and doors.
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If you re a novice framer then this is the height of the bottom of the window and door headers.
Therefore the rough opening would be 82 1 2 tall by 38 1 2 wide.
In other words for drywall the rough opening would be 59 x 80 and for wood jambs it would be 49 x 79.
Framing rough opening sizes are really quite simple.
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Rough opening casing size and masonry opening.
Just add 2 to the width of the actual door size.
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Of frame is 40 x 86 as the frame face is 2 around all 3 sides.
A opening width 4 1 2 b opening height 2 1 4 the rough opening would be 40 1 2 x 86 1 4 for a 3 0 x 7 0 door frame.
Use shims and or caulk to seal gaps between wall and frame.
Many manufacturers make a so called 5 french door in which the rough opening is exactly 5 0 wide but that means that the opening is 5 0 the door frame is approx.
The standard height of the rough opening for a door is the door height plus 2 5 8 inches.