Garage Door Header Framing Detail

Code requires a double top plate for load bearing walls.

Garage door header framing detail. Depending on your opening the lumber width will be 6 to 8 wide. Use 2 inch lumber for the jambs as well and ensure they are appropriately nailed to the door opening with the help of a nail gun or hammer. The finished 3 1 2 in. Thick headers 1 1 2 in.

Loading conditions are detailed below. Window door garage door headers supporting roof wall floor loads. Plus 1 2 in were the same thickness as the 2 4 wall framing 3 1 2 in. Ideally 2 x6 is the most used header size.

To finish the opening cut the header and jambs from 2 lumber. Window door garage door headers supporting roof loads only. Choose from carriage house traditional and commercial garage doors in steel wood and wood composite materials. Framing for a non load bearing door header.

For each application a pdf download is available. High studs it established just the right height for windows and doors fig. Also see assumptions for table development. Header the header is ideally a minimum 12 wide micro laminated beam that spans the width of the garage door opening.

Layout the bottom plate and one of the top plates at 16 on center. The double top plate is needed to comply with building code. Frame the rough opening to a height that is 1 5 taller than the door that you have selected. All doors are set into a frame an opening inside the wall.

Framing nails are highly recommended. 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. When we installed the headers even with the top of the standard 92 5 8 in.

Amarr offers 300 styles of garage doors. If the door is 7 tall frame the opening 7 1 5.