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Want to widen kitchen doorway.

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#1 ·
The doorway is 30in want to widen to 34in.



So the question is how to make the Header for this?


Thanks in advanced!
 
#5 ·
Yes your dimensions sound odd.

Can you add a location to your profile page?

This will always be displayed to the left of your posts, like mine and the others, and will answer the question " Are you in the U S A with our dimensions, or somewhere where the dimensions are odd to us.

Still need to see what you see, so that we might understand.



ED
 
#7 · (Edited)
Thank you for the location addition.

The simplest way to make a header for that, is to dismantle each side of the door, add a temporary stud there to support the top plate temporarily, while rebuilding the doorway, with new King studs, and jack studs, cut to accommodate a 2X whatever the dimension is for the height of the space between the top of the door jamb and the top plate.

Then also use 2 -1X the dimension, all screwed and glued in a sandwich to form a header that fits your space, this header is supported by the jack studs framing the doorway.

The header is 1.5 inches + 3/4inches +3/4 inches = 3 inches thick.

Your dimensions are odd to us because the building in Philly, is probably very old, built before dimensions were standardized.

Yes this is a lot of work, but anything worthwhile takes the effort to accomplish it.

Any confusion, don't hesitate to ask.



ED
 
#8 ·
Thank you for the location addition.

The simplest way to make a header for that, is to dismantle each side of the door, add a temporary stud there to support the top plate temporarily, while rebuilding the doorway, with new King studs, and jack studs, cut to accommodate a 2X whatever the dimension is for the height of the space between the top of the door jamb and the top plate.

Then also use 2 -1X the dimension, all screwed and glued in a sandwich to form a header that fits your space, this header is supported by the jack studs framing the doorway.

The header is 1.5 inches + 3/4inches +3/4 inches = 3 inches thick.

Your dimensions are odd to us because the building in Philly, is probably very old, built before dimensions were standardized.

Yes this is a lot of work, but anything worthwhile takes the effort to accomplish it.

Any confusion, don't hesitate to ask.



ED
Ed; 3 inches will take a 2 ply header.


Older doors are 78" anything new will be 80" so you will want to check that and correct the height too.
for a 34" door you want a 36" rough opening and a 39" header.
I would build the header out of 2x6 or 2x8 and measure the height of the door before I decides on a height., some where between 82 and 83 unless it is outswing which is less.
You will have to rip new 2x4 studs down to fit in the 3"
Things take time to settle so if you can do this in one morning I wouldn't worry about holding anything up while you do it.
If you can selvage 2 old studs for the jacks you could get away with 2x3s for the king studs.
 
#13 · (Edited)
Don't know if its load bearing? The floor above the doorway & wall is in the same location.


Yes it's the doorway between the kitchen & dinning room. Use to be a swinging door there. Thought about widen it so I wouldn't have to go threw taking the doors off my fridge.


Hmm now that I wrote that it sounds kinda lazy lol
 
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