door header size issue in 2025 Pro

[akournitsky]

Hi,

 

I am currently working with Home Designer Pro 2025 and encountering an issue when attempting to globally change door header sizes.

 

I am trying to change all my door headers to 3 1/2". I navigate to *Build Framing -> Framing defaults -> Openings* and set all Header size depths to 3 1/2", then click OK, and either perform an automatic or manual rebuild of the framing. However, no change occurs, and all headers retain their original sizes. Deleting all framing via *Edit -> Objects* and rebuilding also does not resolve the issue.

 

It appears the rebuild framing function may be pulling values from another default setting. While I am manually changing all my headers to 3 1/2" in the framing view, I am still incorrectly getting 2x6 headers listed in the Materials list.

 

Could you please provide suggestions on how to resolve this? I prefer not to use a different version, as this version contains framing defaults that should be functional.

 

Thank you for your help.

 

Best regards,

Alexander

[y-g-m-n]

have you checked for each door/opening under the FRAMING tab what the headers are set at?

 

Why would you set them @ 3.5" Depth (height) or width? for a load bearing wall the depth depends on the opening free span and if your door width is less than or equal to 49" you should get 3.5" which i see it drawn in your framing picture.

 

But you want to leave that default table set as when you purchased software as it pretty much goes by the Lumber tables for header sizing.

 

Remember headers are for Doors, windows and any other wall opening and meant for load bearing walls but framing crews will fit them on all wall openings even those not load bearing since it is just what they do and know and play it safe for little money.

 

you would not want a 2x4 going across an opening of 10ft with a hip roof load on top....

 

[akournitsky]

On 11/6/2025 at 4:13 AM, y-g-m-n said:

have you checked for each door/opening under the FRAMING tab what the headers are set at?

 

Why would you set them @ 3.5" Depth (height) or width? for a load bearing wall the depth depends on the opening free span and if your door width is less than or equal to 49" you should get 3.5" which i see it drawn in your framing picture.

 

But you want to leave that default table set as when you purchased software as it pretty much goes by the Lumber tables for header sizing.

 

Remember headers are for Doors, windows and any other wall opening and meant for load bearing walls but framing crews will fit them on all wall openings even those not load bearing since it is just what they do and know and play it safe for little money.

 

you would not want a 2x4 going across an opening of 10ft with a hip roof load on top....

 

Thanks for your reply!

 

The main issue is that none of my walls are load-bearing. That is why I attempted to apply a single rule for headers (which I do not need) to all my walls, as there is currently no "Load bearing wall" option available for walls in the application.

 

While there are workarounds, such as manually removing the "header" option for each opening, this core issue still exists within the app.