Owners should be very involved in the planning process. Hiring someone to. do it or delegating it to someone who is not a key member of the company. will result in an inferior plan. No plan (or a poor plan) is a leading cause of business failure. You can. improve your chances of success with a good Business Plan.
Instructions. Position the metal studs that will form the two sides of the rough opening so that the distance between them is 1 inch greater than the exterior dimensions of the door frame. This provides you with space to adjust the door frame and make it perfectly square and level with shims.
Most walls include a door or window opening. Additional framing support is needed to transfer the structural weight over the opening and down to the floor. This framing is done with trimmer, king and cripple studs and a header. On the top and bottom plates, mark the center of the window/door rough opening.