As others said, it's not clear what it's supporting.
If it's just the roof then 2x6 is plenty. 1 floor above?
I'm not sure. Probably 2x8 in that case. And 2x12 for
2 floors above. That's for normal 2x4 framing. (Two
2xs plus 1/2" plywood.) You'll be able to fit at least
3 2xs, as you said.
There shouldn't be any problem cutting out the studs
without support and then putting in the header. Note
what happens when you cut them. Assuming you're using
soimething like a saber saw to cut across them before
removing, if they're bearing significant weight the saw will
bind at the end. What usually happens is that there's a
gap from the saw blade, showing that the weight above
is not sagging. If you didn't put in a header it would likely
sag over time, but it's not like a finger-in-the-dike scenario
where it all falls down if you pull out a stud.
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| There is an exterior 10 ft wall to the garage that is made of 2x6 studs at
| approx 16 inch centers. Upon examining the tile roof line, that 'external'
| wall may be not a supporting wall at all. I can double check in the attic,
| but most of this house construction uses 'floating' walls.
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| I want to cut a 36 inch wide 8 foot door into the garage from a storage
| room. The cut exactly removes two studs. By code there is supposed to be a
| fireblock at 8 foot height in this wall anyway, but those are inserted
| short 2x6 pieces.
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| I plan on clearing out everything in that 3 panel area, temporarily
| leaving the 2 studs. To put in the door requires two 8 foot long 2x6
| sistered to each of the two outside studs. That leaves a very strong
| support at the top for a 'header'.
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| Does anybody have experience doing this?
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| Questions:
| 1. How large, what type, header? can I use something like four 2x6's
| across the top? Or should these be four 2x8's ?? Or, should be a more
| solid block? After the header is installed the two cut studs' weight will
| be on that header.
| 2. Is it super dangerous to sever those two studs WITHOUT providing some
| type of external support for the ceiling in some other way? Or, are these
| roofing systems over designed enough to allow a one day
| removal/replacement without all falling down?
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