20 Ft Garage Door Header

In all but the most bizarre situations they ll easily carry the weight for 4 ft.

20 ft garage door header.

Window door garage door headers supporting roof loads only. 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. Calculating header size is no picnic as you learn how to frame a window. Im not getting an engineer involved b c this is a budget build for my wifes aunt.

Header the header is ideally a minimum 12 wide micro laminated beam that spans the width of the garage door opening. It is worth noting that the 18 foot garage door header application pushed timberstrand beyond its structural limit. It worked for most of the applications in our case house. When in doubt use 2 by 12 inch headers.

Most door frames that are 4 feet wide or less require a 2 by 6 header. 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. Timberstrand header comes only in 3 widths in depths that range from 4 3 8 to 18. Bearing according to the 2012 irc codes any beam joist or header shall never have a bearing of less than 1 1 2.

The plan was 2 9 doors but she changed her mind in favor of a 20. Wide a common patio door width. Measure the width of your door frame. 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.

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 procedure for constructing a header for 6 inch exterior wall framing can be modified for any wall thickness. This product is new and distributors don t want to stockpile inventory.