Garage Door Header Framing

The beam they have specified now is 3 1 2 x 12 x 18 9.

Garage door header framing.

Together the headers king studs and trimmers act as a system that transfers weight from above down and around the window and door openings to the floor and foundation below. Header the header is ideally a minimum 12 wide micro laminated beam that spans the width of the garage door opening. On previous projects i have been supplied a glu lam boise makes specifically for garage door headers that was 3 1 2 x 11 1 4 x 18 9. Cut a 2 x 6 piece of lumber and nail to the face of wall exactly in the center of the garage header.

Window door garage door headers supporting roof wall floor loads. The longer the distance a header spans and the heavier the load it supports the more substantial it needs to be. 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.

All doors are set into a frame an opening inside the wall. Interior and exterior doors are framed basically the same way but interior doors are. Loading conditions are detailed below. This piece of.

Leave at least 5 of space on the sides of the door. Framing for a non load bearing door header. I ll explain the process more extensively as we proceed. Framing a garage door opening.

Install the header jambs and center pad of the frame using a 2 x 6 lumber for the header jambs and center pad. For each application a pdf download is available. 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. Also see assumptions for table development.

I suggest you go through the entire article at least once before you start. The person doing the takeoff had interpreted my request for an 18 9 garage door header to the least expensive 20 long beam.