Garage Door Header Detail
For instance if the width of the garage door is 8ft the rough opening should be 8ft 3 inches wide.
Garage door header detail. Header details 24 25 nailing on narrow face 25 allowable holes 26 bearing length requirements 26 tapered end cuts 27 multiple member connections 28 29 columns 30 31 product warranty 32 some sizes may not be available in your region. If it s 9ft the opening must be 9ft 3 inches and so on. The width of the rough opening should be 3 inches greater than the width of the garage door you are purchasing. Portal frame details within the irc specify simple span headers with a maximum finished opening width of 18.
Frame the rough opening to a height that is 1 5 taller than the door that you have selected. If the door is 7 tall frame the opening 7 1 5. Amarr offers 300 styles of garage doors. In an attempt to construct portal frames some garages are built with one continuous garage header extending over two or three garage door openings as shown in figure a.
For deeper depth parallam. Free how to buy a garage door guide nationwide dealer network. 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. To finish the opening cut the header and jambs from 2 lumber.
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