Quote Originally Posted by fire7882
I think I underatand. So, the old door isn't in a load bearing wall.

You would be better off just reframming the new doorway than trying to move the old framming. I'll try to provide steps below.

CLOSE IN OLD DOOR
1. attach 2x4 to bottom of old doorway
2. cut and install studs in old doorway(toenail). Measure off the exhisting studs(not the door frame) to keep the new ones at 16" on center.
3. cover with sheetrock

MAKE NEW DOOR FRAME
1. Remove the 2x4 on the floor
2. Since the opening is already 38.5 inches wide and a 36 inch door requires a 38 in opening, just add a 1x4 to one side of the opening to make it 37.75(close enough to 38)
3. As long as the height is correct, you're all set as long as the new door isn't going in a load bearing wall.

Is the new door going in a load bearing wall?
Thanks a ton man.. I'm going to Home Depot to buy that claw tool so I can get all of those nails out. I'll just frame that whole section and make it so that both doors are 38". I think I might go a head and buy all of the wall boxes too for the receptacles and speaker wires. After this doorway situation is finished (hopefully tonight or tomorrow). Then I'll be ready for the electrician to come in and run all of my plugs and fix some wires.

Then on to the drywall!
I really can't wait for this room to be finished.