Post Frame Garage Door Header

Frame the rough opening to a height that is 1 5 taller than the door that you have selected.

Post frame garage door header.

When we installed the headers even with the top of the standard 92 5 8 in. Post located in an endwall. Local and national building codes have specific structural requirements pertaining to beam sizes to span specific wall openings relative to the wall loads so consult your local building department before beginning this. Plus 1 2 in were the same thickness as the 2 4 wall framing 3 1 2 in.

Post located in a sidewall. Frame the rough opening to 3 inches wider than the garage door size you have selected. Post that frames the side of a door. Post that is part of both a sidewall and an endwall.

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. If the door is 7 tall frame the opening 7 1 5. I ll explain the process more extensively as we proceed. I suggest you go through the entire article at least once before you start.

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. Poles are sometimes slabbed to aid in fastening framing members. Install the header jambs and center pad of the frame using a 2 x 6 lumber for the header jambs and center pad leave at least 5 of space on the sides of the door. High studs it established just the right height for windows and doors fig.

Header the header is ideally a minimum 12 wide micro laminated beam that spans the width of the garage door opening. The procedure for constructing a header for 6 inch exterior wall framing can be modified for any wall thickness. The finished 3 1 2 in. Thick headers 1 1 2 in.