This can be done with an existing door finished opening or a rough opening where you can see the 2x4 s.
French door rough in dimensions.
So if each door measures 30 inches wide the width of the rough opening should be 62 inches.
To correctly determine the size of a rough opening for double or french doors measure the size of each door.
Framing rough openings for windows and doors standard door and windows openings is really straight forward if you follow some simple dimensional rules.
Many manufacturers make a so called 5 french door in which the rough opening is exactly 5 0 wide but that means that the opening is 5 0 the door frame is approx.
For standard wood framed construction the rough openings for doors and windows is typically the actual unit size plus 2 1 2 inches in height and width.
This will give you room to space the door frame off of the sub floor.
So if you have a bedroom door that is 30 wide which is considered a 2 6 or 2 6 door just add 2 to the width and frame it 32 wide.
Just add 2 to the width of the actual door size.
While a standard door height is 80 finished opening.
For reference standard interior door widths range from 24 36 finished opening.
26 3 8 30 3 8 32 3 8 34 3 8 36 3 8 38 3 8 44 3 8 28 5 8 32 5 8 34 5 8 36 5 8 38 5 8 40 5 8 46 5 8 for units with public access sills subtract 1 from inswing height.
Standard door rough openings.
You should add 2 1 2 to the height of the actual door.
Framing rough opening sizes are really quite simple.
To get the total width multiply the width of each door by 2 and add 2 inches.
For m e u add actual unit dimension to door rough opening width for total rough opening width.
The difference between a rough opening and finished opening is usually 2 3 inches.