Garage Door Header

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.

Garage door header.

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. 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. 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. Cut a 2 x 6 piece of lumber and nail to the face of wall exactly in the center of the garage header.

If you notice that your garage door header is starting to sag or has developed cracks then you may have a serious structural problem. For each application a pdf download is available. 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.

This piece of. Building a structural header for a garage door opening can be handled on the jobsite and will offer the same structural support as more expensive solid wood beams. Hows this sound will it work or sag like a old horse. The procedure for constructing a header for 6 inch exterior wall framing can be modified for any wall thickness.

Garage wall framing typically utilizes this technique encompassing the vehicle doors. Also see assumptions for table development. Window door garage door headers supporting roof loads only. The best way to fix this problem is to replace the header.