"Then the cool stuff began. Since I did 90% of this by myself I had to get kind of creative. I cut two 2x4's to about 6" longer than the height I wanted this header and then used them at angles against the wall under the header to hold it up while I screwed it. I initially used a brand new stud finder to "find" the studs but as soon as I starting putting screws in I found that thing was batsh*t crazy. It didn't help that the studs in this wall were NOT on any sort of standardized spacing so I ended up going along with a hammer and nail and putting holes every couple inches until I had found all the studs. Once I found them I secured the header to them with two 3.5" deck screws each."