16 Foot Garage Door Header

Measure the width of your door frame.

16 foot garage door header.

Attach lumber to the face of the garage wall to the edge of the garage door header. It worked for most of the applications in our case house. These small areas are usually door opening on the interior and people are trained that these areas are the strongest place in a house to be in the case of an emergency. When in doubt use 2 by 12 inch headers.

It is important to note. For each application a pdf download is available. 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. Timberstrand header comes only in 3 widths in depths that range from 4 3 8 to 18.

That would take care of the wind and seismic shear loads. Window door garage door headers supporting roof loads only. Window door garage door headers supporting roof wall floor loads. The extra length for the header is to.

Width meaning your header should be 16 feet 9 inches long. 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. This piece of. It is worth noting that the 18 foot garage door header application pushed timberstrand beyond its structural limit.

The 16 7 opening should be after the header and all the trim work is installed. 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. The procedure for constructing a header for 6 inch exterior wall framing can be modified for any wall thickness. Also see assumptions for table development.

This product is new and distributors don t want to stockpile inventory. Most door frames that are 4 feet wide or less require a 2 by 6 header. Bearing according to the 2012 irc codes any beam joist or header shall never have a bearing of less than 1 1 2. That for a 16 foot wide garage door the header should be at minimum 9 inches longer than the door.

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