18 Garage Door Header Framing

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.

18 garage door header framing.

When in doubt use 2 by 12 inch headers. 1 15 1 15 1 15 1 15 1 25 1 25. Wood bridges and highway noise barriers. 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. 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. The procedure for constructing a header for 6 inch exterior wall framing can be modified for any wall thickness.

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. Measure the width of your door frame. 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. All of the rough framing has just been completed.

All all all all all all. Window door garage door headers supporting roof wall floor loads. The person doing the takeoff had interpreted my request for an 18 9 garage door header to the least expensive 20 long beam. Portal frame details within the irc specify simple span headers with a maximum finished opening width of 18.

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. Several garage door people have told me they want 18. 30 40 50 70 20 20.