16 Garage Door Header

Width meaning your header should be 16 feet 9 inches long.

16 garage door header.

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. This piece of. Our versa lam lvl is manufactured in either alexandria lena louisiana in eastern united states or in white city oregon for the western united states. Versa lam laminated veneer lumber lvl beams and headers eliminate twisting shrinking and splitting and deliver flatter quieter floors and structures.

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. That for a 16 foot wide garage door the header should be at minimum 9 inches longer than the door. The extra length for the header is to.

It is important to note. Window door garage door headers supporting roof loads only. Loading conditions are detailed below. The beam they have specified now is 3 1 2 x 12 x 18 9.

Also see assumptions for table development. The person doing the takeoff had interpreted my request for an 18 9 garage door header to the least expensive 20 long beam. For each application a pdf download is available. 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.

Attach lumber to the face of the garage wall to the edge of the garage door header. Window door garage door headers supporting roof wall floor loads. Engineered wood products ewp lvl span and size charts.