Garage Door Header Framing

The person doing the takeoff had interpreted my request for an 18 9 garage door header to the least expensive 20 long beam.

Garage door header framing.

I suggest you go through the entire article at least once before you start. I ll explain the process more extensively as we proceed. 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. 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.

Interior and exterior doors are framed basically the same way but interior doors are. Framing a garage door opening. Window door garage door headers supporting roof loads only. All doors are set into a frame an opening inside the wall.

Header the header is ideally a minimum 12 wide micro laminated beam that spans the width of the garage door opening. Loading conditions are detailed below. Window door garage door headers supporting roof wall floor loads. Cut a 2 x 6 piece of lumber and nail to the face of wall exactly in the center of the garage header.

For each application a pdf download is available. Also see assumptions for table development. This piece of. Together the headers king studs and trimmers act as a system that transfers weight from above down and around the window and door openings to the floor and foundation below.

Framing for a non load bearing door header. 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. 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 longer the distance a header spans and the heavier the load it supports the more substantial it needs to be.

Install the header jambs and center pad of the frame using a 2 x 6 lumber for the header jambs and center pad. Leave at least 5 of space on the sides of the door.