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.
14 garage door header.
Measure the width of your door frame.
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.
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.
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.
Window door garage door headers supporting roof wall floor loads.
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Attach lumber to the face of the garage wall to the edge of the garage door header.
When in doubt use 2 by 12 inch headers.
The beam they have specified now is 3 1 2 x 12 x 18 9.
Window door garage door headers supporting roof loads only.
Also see assumptions for table development.
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.
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.
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.