Garage Door Header Detail

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Garage door header detail. Also be aware double or triple jack studs may be required based on the opening width and the load the header carries. 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. 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.

Window door garage door headers supporting roof loads only. The irc details related to the header are often misunderstood and misapplied leading to an installation with unintended structural consequences. Also see assumptions for table development. Rough opening of garage door.

A typical header width with single jack studs is cut 3 larger than the rough opening. Window door garage door headers supporting roof wall floor loads. A 36 door has a rough opening width of 38 so your header is cut at 41. Attach lumber to the face of the garage wall to the edge of the garage door 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. A rough opening refers to the space left inside a door or window frame door in this case where the actual door will be fitted. Let s talk about the garage door rough opening first. Header the header is ideally a minimum 12 wide micro laminated beam that spans the width of the garage door opening.

This piece of. The procedure for constructing a header for 6 inch exterior wall framing can be modified for any wall thickness. 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. For those who are not familiar with what this is.