18 Garage Door Header Framing

If this is going to be a problem i guess we could lower the height of the opening for the door 6 and use a 7 6 high garage door.

18 garage door header framing. 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. 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. 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. The longer the distance a header spans and the heavier the load it supports the more substantial it needs to be.

Most door frames that are 4 feet wide or less require a 2 by 6 header. Measure the width of your door frame. The procedure for constructing a header for 6 inch exterior wall framing can be modified for any wall thickness. The person doing the takeoff had interpreted my request for an 18 9 garage door header to the least expensive 20 long beam.

30 40 50 70 20 20. Window door garage door headers supporting roof wall floor loads. Several garage door people have told me they want 18. 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.

When in doubt use 2 by 12 inch headers. The beam they have specified now is 3 1 2 x 12 x 18 9. 10 10 10 10 10 20. Door garage door headers supporting roof loads only.

Portal frame details within the irc specify simple span headers with a maximum finished opening width of 18. 1 15 1 15 1 15 1 15 1 25 1 25. All of the rough framing has just been completed. 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.