Garage Door Header

The procedure for constructing a header for 6 inch exterior wall framing can be modified for any wall thickness.

Garage door header.

Garage wall framing typically utilizes this technique encompassing the vehicle doors. Also see assumptions for table development. Loading conditions are detailed below. For each application a pdf download is available.

Window door garage door headers supporting roof wall floor loads. 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. 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.

Over the years the garage door header has sagged du. 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. Window door garage door headers supporting roof loads only. Attach lumber to the face of the garage wall to the edge of the 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. 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.