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The rough opening needs to be 32” x 80” for the door I’m installing

How do you plan to squeeze a 6’-8” door into an 80” RO?

 

With the magic of hackery!!

 

Me thinks that ‘cluster of studs’ is bearing a chit load of …load. You need an engineer and I ain’t one.

 

Anyone else notice the lower part of what appears to be a let in brace?

 

That metal strap that once ran to the sill? Now we can guess why that cluster of studs has studs turned 90degrees

 

that cluster of studs goes through the floor .i was thinking that was a 4x4 not a turned 2x4 . what is above there .some huge load path it seems.

 

what is above there .some huge load path it seems.

Can’t be. The OP says it’s a ridiculously placed header. Apparently serves no purpose.

 

Okay so I pulled more of the osb off of the wall so you guys can see more of what I’m dealing with.
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Idk what this header was for maybe like a bay window or something it’s 74” w and 72” h.

That turned 2x4 is doing absolutely nothing it’s not touching the subfloor. It was put in just so whoever built the nightmare of a wall that I removed had something to nail to other than just the header. I think the air handler was installed after this previous renovation because they notched out the backside of the header to make a spot for the drain lines. On the other side is the drain lines for the air handler in the attic. The pipes are another obstacle I have to overcome because they protrude out of the subfloor about 2” on what will be the inside of the bathroom. I already have a plan for that.

Really I’m just looking for other professional opinions on how to go about cutting this header because I keep second guessing myself. Or I could just say screw it and cut a door down to fit the 72” opening under the header but I’m 6’1” and it kinda pisses me off that I build such nice things for other people but have to deal with a hobbit door in my house because I’m just not 100% sure on what route to take.