Metal Stud Door Header

This is for partitions walls only.

Metal stud door header.

Fast easy alternative to traditional. 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. Lay the two studs horizontally in the track above the door opening with the inside of the studs facing each. Protect your door and window header installations from download forces.

You can insert 2x4s into headers and studs at door openings to provide a surface for attaching doorjambs. Hh header hangers can speed up the job strengthen the frame and eliminate the need for trimmers. Mark and cut a steel stud to length as the header. Boxed jamb studs welded together reduces material build up and finish problems.

Back to back header reduces web crippling reinforcement requirements. Eliminates the need for studs below the header. To cut individual steel studs and tracks use straight cut aviation snips photo 1. 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.

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. Measure the distance between the faces of the king studs and add 4 inches. Cut 2 inch long slits at each of the inside corners of the header.