16 Garage Door Header

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16 garage door header. The procedure for constructing a header for 6 inch exterior wall framing can be modified for any wall thickness. Attach lumber to the face of the garage wall to the edge of the garage door header. Cut a 2 x 6 piece of lumber and nail to the face of wall exactly in the center of the garage header. Width meaning your header should be 16 feet 9 inches long.

Our versa lam lvl is manufactured in either alexandria lena louisiana in eastern united states or in white city oregon for the western united states. 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. The beam they have specified now is 3 1 2 x 12 x 18 9. Window door garage door headers supporting roof wall floor loads.

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. 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. Versa lam laminated veneer lumber lvl beams and headers eliminate twisting shrinking and splitting and deliver flatter quieter floors and structures. This piece of.

That for a 16 foot wide garage door the header should be at minimum 9 inches longer than the door. 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. The 16 7 opening should be after the header and all the trim work is installed. Engineered wood products ewp lvl span and size charts.

Window door garage door headers supporting roof loads only. Loading conditions are detailed below. The person doing the takeoff had interpreted my request for an 18 9 garage door header to the least expensive 20 long beam.