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Posted by RicodJour on June 27, 2006, 3:18 pm
gee.sucka.foo@gmail.com wrote:
> My patio door will need replacing soon. The rough opening is 64 inches
> wide. Now, patio doors come in the 5 or 6 foot flavour (give or take
> maybe one inch), am I correct? So is 64 inches too big for a 5 foot
> door and too small for a 6 foot door?
>
> The easiest thing would be to make the opening smaller, but then I'd
> have to change the vinyl siding panels on the outside wall. If I
> widen, I can just cut it back. But that probably means I need to
> change the header of the RO. And obviously, a 6 foot door would be
> much nicer than a 5 foot. If I have to replace some siding (maybe the
> whole wall since that siding is probably 20 years old) it might be very
> expensive to actually downgrade to a smaller door.. :S
Alternatively you could trim out around the door with some expanded PVC
trim. You're only making up a couple or three inches on each side so
wrapping trim around the opening would probably look just fine.
> I'm not sure how much load the wall is bearing. It is a two story +
> basement home. The door is on the first floor. The floor and ceiling
> joists are parrallel with the wall and the I beam is perpendicular with
> the wall (about 3 feet away). That exterior wall (width of the house)
> is about 25 feet wide. The house is rectangular with no gables.
>
> Would it be necessary to put up a temporary wall a few feet into the
> house to serve as a support while the header is replaced or is there an
> easier way? Would screwing a 2x6 across all the studs above the header
> be sufficient?
I've done it both ways. The first way is the standard way to do it and
the only one I would recommend without actually seeing the situation in
person.
R
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