I am putting a window in my garage along one of the external walls. We have already cleared the brick and sheetrock only to reveal a double wall stud near the center of the new window opening. In the attic, this doubled stud supports a doubled rafter which would appear to be a load bearing member.
I need to cut that double wall stud and build the header to frame in the new window opening. I have read that standard practice is to make the header size twice the size of the member being cut. Would the appropriate header for a double stud member then be qty 4, 2x4's? Seems a bit much but there is room to do it. Also, would the two adjacent wall studs need to be doubled as well?
Please comment Mike in DFW