Loading conditions are detailed below.
9 ft garage door header.
Measure the width of your door frame.
Many 16 x 7 garage doors will be designed with a pair of single 8 foot garage door bays separated by a central post or column.
When in doubt use 2 by 12 inch headers.
The standard size for double garage doors is 16 feet wide and 7 to 8 feet high.
Many homeowners have two cars and need garage space to shelter them both.
I have a existing garage with a 16 foot garage door.
Cut a 2 x 6 piece of lumber and nail to the face of wall exactly in the center of the garage header.
Wide window and door openings and in most situations be code compliant for openings up to 6 ft.
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.
Attach lumber to the face of the garage wall to the edge of the garage door header.
Also see assumptions for table development.
The garage was originally post and beam with posts every 10 feet and has a total depth length of 28 feet.
The procedure for constructing a header for 6 inch exterior wall framing can be modified for any wall thickness.
You could use a 2x8 header but then you have to measure where it goes.
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Window door garage door headers supporting roof wall floor loads.
The door is on the gable end of the garage and the total span is 16 4 with a total garage outside width of 16 11.
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.
For the garage door.
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.
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.
Calculating header size is no picnic as you learn how to frame a window.
Many home builders do not consider this a structural necessity but a style and price choice for the homeowner.
In all but the most bizarre situations they ll easily carry the weight for 4 ft.
Window door garage door headers supporting roof loads only.
Wide a common patio door width.
