Garage Door Header

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Garage door header. 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. Window door garage door headers supporting roof wall floor loads. Also see assumptions for table development. Over the years the garage door header has sagged du.

The garage door header is the large piece of wood at the top of the garage which supports the roof of the garage and any living space above it. If you notice that your garage door header is starting to sag or has developed cracks then you may have a serious structural problem. The procedure for constructing a header for 6 inch exterior wall framing can be modified for any wall thickness. Cut a 2 x 6 piece of lumber and nail to the face of wall exactly in the center of the garage header.

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. 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. Loading conditions are detailed below. Garage wall framing typically utilizes this technique encompassing the vehicle doors.

Window door garage door headers supporting roof loads only. The best way to fix this problem is to replace the header. 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.