I am in the process of remodeling a garage and moving the location of the garage door. The house was built in the 1950's and doesn't really seem to fit the mold of current practices and can't really (or don't want to) base new project on what was done previously.
My rough opening will be 2x4 wall on a 1 ft foundation wall. The foundation wall is 8" wide, with the 2x4 wall resting on the outside edge of the foundation (i.e. I will have about 4 inches of gap between the wall and the inside of the foudnation wall). Therefore, I will likely pour the the foundation wall to leave myself room to drop my interior garage door jambs down to the garage floor (which was recommended by the garage door people).
What I am wondering is why 2x6's are recommended for the jambs. If I use 2x6's for the side jambs, I don't see what I am supposed to do with the excess width. For example, I will have 3 1/2" 2x4 wall, plus 3/4" for sheeting. That gives me 4 1/4" width total, which means I will have 1.25" I don't know what I am supposed to do with. If I set the jambs flush with the interior wall, this means I will have 1.25" sticking out on the outside of my garage. How would I trim this out? Do I want to use 2x4 jambs instead and sheet over it so I can use standard trim it out like a window, or use the 2x6 and cap it with metal sheeting and place trim next to it?
I am using the the following for reference: http://www.garagedoorchamp.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/sideStuds02.jpg
In that picture, I am not seeing what is supposed to fill the void between the interior jambs and the studs. I would think you would want that to be flush to get maximum security of your door fasteners. I am lost here and for some reason I can't find any images of "properly" framed garage doors. All I can find is drawings that don't seem to work in the real world such as the one linked earlier.
Any ideas?
My rough opening will be 2x4 wall on a 1 ft foundation wall. The foundation wall is 8" wide, with the 2x4 wall resting on the outside edge of the foundation (i.e. I will have about 4 inches of gap between the wall and the inside of the foudnation wall). Therefore, I will likely pour the the foundation wall to leave myself room to drop my interior garage door jambs down to the garage floor (which was recommended by the garage door people).
What I am wondering is why 2x6's are recommended for the jambs. If I use 2x6's for the side jambs, I don't see what I am supposed to do with the excess width. For example, I will have 3 1/2" 2x4 wall, plus 3/4" for sheeting. That gives me 4 1/4" width total, which means I will have 1.25" I don't know what I am supposed to do with. If I set the jambs flush with the interior wall, this means I will have 1.25" sticking out on the outside of my garage. How would I trim this out? Do I want to use 2x4 jambs instead and sheet over it so I can use standard trim it out like a window, or use the 2x6 and cap it with metal sheeting and place trim next to it?
I am using the the following for reference: http://www.garagedoorchamp.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/sideStuds02.jpg
In that picture, I am not seeing what is supposed to fill the void between the interior jambs and the studs. I would think you would want that to be flush to get maximum security of your door fasteners. I am lost here and for some reason I can't find any images of "properly" framed garage doors. All I can find is drawings that don't seem to work in the real world such as the one linked earlier.
Any ideas?
