10 Ft Garage Door Header

Window door garage door headers supporting roof wall floor loads.

10 ft garage door header.

Loading conditions are detailed below. Also see assumptions for table development. Cut a 2 x 6 piece of lumber and nail to the face of wall exactly in the center of the garage header. Span charts and 2012 irc building codes for girders and headers.

Pella insulated wicker tan sandtone single garage door with windows. Garage door header would like opinions on the size of header beam needed for a 10 wide garage door on the gable end of the building. The procedure for constructing a header for 6 inch exterior wall framing can be modified for any wall thickness. Includes span tables for all load bearing locations and the number of jack studs.

For each application a pdf download is available. This piece of. I got a great deal on a 10 foot wide by 7 foot tall roll up door. Pella carriage house 192 in x 84 in insulated white double garage door with windows.

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. 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. 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.

Attach lumber to the face of the garage wall to the edge of the garage door header. All documentation i have found on header sizing refers to load bearing walls. Window door garage door headers supporting roof loads only. I framed my basement when finishing it but nothing this wide.

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. Custom garage doors can offer door height of 10 feet or more to accommodate large vehicles such as certain kinds of trucks recreational vehicles or vehicles with tall roof racks. Since there is very little weight on this end my thoughts are 2 2x8 s. They can also be made to fit garages of unusual dimensions that may not accommodate standard garage door sizes.

Measure the width of your door frame. I am wanting to add a divider wall in my garage to separate a work space from the parking area.