Arched Door Frame Construction

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Arched door frame construction.

Adding an arch to a doorway is a great way to bring architectural interest to a room. Universal arch kit comes preformed to a 13 in. The size of the door opening will vary depending on the size of the door you plan to install. A typical door opening is 2 inches 5 1 cm wider than the door size being installed to allow for the thickness of the jamb material and shims to plumb the jamb.

Although this project is a little more challenging than creating a standard door from scratch you can design and build an arch top door for your own home to. Measure your door carefully and cut the opening to fit using a reciprocating saw. Here s how to frame it. With two studs framing the door opening mark both sides of the opening 80 in.

Screw 2 1 2 in 6 4 cm boards onto the corners of your door frame. Pieces of plywood equals 2 3 4 inch wide blocking 3. After marking the arch on your drywall cut out the curved portion of the drywall with a jig saw as shown right. Determine the size of the door opening.

An arch adds elegance to a home and is popular as a fairly easy way to open a wall for a spacious look and add a focal point. Use your cutout wood pieces as a pattern for your drywall. Up from the floor the common height for interior doors. Place the frame into the doorway and cement in the bricks starting at the bottom of the arch shape the center brick to fit if needed.

Drive screws into the middle of the board every 3 4 inches 7 6 10 2 cm to secure it in place. Measure layout and cut two plywood arches that represent the top of your arched door opening. Leave the frame in place for 24 hours until the cement dries. Down on the stud to install see diagram in the picture gallery above.

Rip several pieces of wood blocking to the width of your framing lumber minus the thickness of the two pieces of plywood in this case a 2 4 minus two 3 8 in. It can also be easily installed to metal framing. Plywood make up a full inch and door openings if framed with 2 4 s are actually 3 1 2 in. This will be the bottom plane of the arch.

Two pieces of 1 2 in. Radius and it is not bendable simply mark 13 in. Any doorway any opening the universal arch kit can do it all. Hold a board that s the same width as your doorway at the top of the door frame so there s 1 2 in 1 3 cm of space on either side of it.

An arch top door can be an expensive investment due to the nonstandard design of the outer frame.