Measure the width of your door frame.
16 foot garage door header.
The procedure for constructing a header for 6 inch exterior wall framing can be modified for any wall thickness.
For each application a pdf download is available.
Window door garage door headers supporting roof wall floor loads.
Bearing according to the 2012 irc codes any beam joist or header shall never have a bearing of less than 1 1 2.
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.
Between 4 and 5 feet the header should be built 2 inches wide and 8 inches long while a larger opening needs a header that is 2 by 12.
Attach lumber to the face of the garage wall to the edge of the garage door header.
Window door garage door headers supporting roof loads only.
These small areas are usually door opening on the interior and people are trained that these areas are the strongest place in a house to be in the case of an emergency.
Width meaning your header should be 16 feet 9 inches long.
The extra length for the header is to.
The 16 7 opening should be after the header and all the trim work is installed.
Width of garage door opening standard widths are 8 9 10 12 14 16 17 and 18 height of the garage door opening standard residential heights are 7 7 6 8 header the header is ideally a minimum 12 wide micro laminated beam that spans the width of the garage door opening.
That would take care of the wind and seismic shear loads.
Loading conditions are detailed below.
16 garage door headers the garage and other window and door openings are prescriptive see figure r602 10 6 2 alternate braced wall panel adjacent to a door or window opening a minimum 3 x 11 25 net header size is required for opening from 6ft to a maximum 18 ft.
That for a 16 foot wide garage door the header should be at minimum 9 inches longer than the door.
This product is new and distributors don t want to stockpile inventory.
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.
It is important to note.
Cut a 2 x 6 piece of lumber and nail to the face of wall exactly in the center of the garage header.
It worked for most of the applications in our case house.
It is worth noting that the 18 foot garage door header application pushed timberstrand beyond its structural limit.
Timberstrand header comes only in 3 widths in depths that range from 4 3 8 to 18.
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