Metal Stud Framing Door Opening

In addition door openings in metal walls don t require structural headers used in wood framed openings.
Metal stud framing door opening. This manual provides step by step instructions for the installation of a steel door frame in steel stud construction. Unlike wood framing steel framing doesn t rot due to moisture and it resists rust. Door load bearing back to back header single. Cripple stud cripple stud track piece open side jamb sill typical base anchorage infill stud additional anchorage jamb base track.
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. How to install a doorway or opening within a metal stud wall. To cut individual steel studs and tracks use straight cut aviation snips photo 1.