Garage Door Header

Window door garage door headers supporting roof wall floor loads.

Garage door header.

In an attempt to construct portal frames some garages are built with one continuous garage header extending over two or three garage door openings as shown in figure a. The garage door header is the large piece of wood at the top of the garage which supports the roof of the garage and any living space above it. Loading conditions are detailed below. The procedure for constructing a header for 6 inch exterior wall framing can be modified for any wall thickness.

Last pull a measurement from the top of the 2 x 6 piece of lumber that you just installed to the ceiling of the garage. This piece of. Hows this sound will it work or sag like a old horse. Attach lumber to the face of the garage wall to the edge of the garage door header.

Garage wall framing typically utilizes this technique encompassing the vehicle doors. Window door garage door headers supporting roof loads only. Header requirement 2 at minimum the header should be 12 wide with doubled 2 4 at opening and ceiling running the width of the door with a 2 4 in the center of the opening for the center bracket to attach to. For each application a pdf download is available.

Framing up a garage door 18 wide and will carry the 5 12 rafters on 2 center 240lb a sq shingles i m planning on 3 2x12s with 2 plys of 7 16 ply sandwiched in between also i m not sure if this helps much but sitting on top of the header will be 3 2 6 s to fill in to the top plate. Header the header is ideally a minimum 12 wide micro laminated beam that spans the width of the garage door opening. The best way to fix this problem is to replace the header. Also see assumptions for table development.