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Rough opening for interior french doors.
You should add 2 1 2 to the height of the actual door.
Unit dimension is 73 5 in.
Use shims and or caulk to seal gaps between wall and frame.
Of frame is 40 x 86 as the frame face is 2 around all 3 sides.
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So if each door measures 30 inches wide the width of the rough opening should be 62 inches.
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Whether you re buying a pre hung french door or constructing the frame from scratch accurate measurements of the rough opening are essential for a proper fit.
The length of this opening has to be 54 1 4 inches the distance that you calculated in step 1.
Door size is 72 in.
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.
This will give you room to space the door frame off of the sub floor.
To correctly determine the size of a rough opening for double or french doors measure the size of each door.
Ideally the rough opening should be.
Timely prefinished interior steel frame.
The suggested rough opening is 74 in.
This is the hole in the wall where the door fits.
I prefer to have my rough openings at least one half inch wider than the overall unit size of the door.
Use a circular saw combined with a carpenter s square or a reciprocating saw if space is tight.
B opening height 2 1 4.
Now all you need to know is how to properly frame your door rough opening.
The horizontal support that spans the rough opening at the top of the door is called the header.
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For a 3 0 x 7 0 door frame.
To get the total width multiply the width of each door by 2 and add 2 inches.
A opening width 4 1 2.
The rough opening would be 40 1 2 x 86 1 4.
Framing rough opening sizes are really quite simple.
Just add 2 to the width of the actual door size.
It s important to realize the first thing to get right as you begin to tackle your double interior french doors is the rough opening.
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