Show I f For Farm and Home To Frame Door Opening HO JOME J-JOME fE craftsmen on occasion need to frame a door opening in a wall or a partition American Builder uil tr trade magazine authority on bu building budding ding construction construction con con- offers the correct procedure quoted here here and the accompanying Illustration Studs a above the opening are I to ro each part of the lintel with 10 penny 10 penny nails Dils The long studs b are STUDS a D DOUBLE a SOLE OLF PlATE ewe 1 I II I I nailed to ends of each part of lint lintel 1 with two penny 10 nails and I to the sole plate with two penny 10 nails The double studs t are n nailed together with penny 10 lails spaced 16 inches and staggered as al shown Studs alongside the die opening d are nailed into the end of the sole pate with two penny 10 nails Note that studs sup sup- poring ng the lintel do not rest on sole plate but on and joists I |