The wooden joists or beams over your garage help hold your roof in place.
Wood beam over garage door.
Over time many homes will have problems with their garage door sagging or even the brickwork above the door cracking and having problems.
The garage was framed with 2 x 6 joists that span the entire 26 feet from one side of garage to the other with no connection to the garage door header or house structure other than bridging or cross braces.
If you have an attic over your garage these joists also bear the load of your attic flooring and any materials you store in the attic.
Window door garage door headers supporting roof loads only.
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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.
Needless to say the ceiling has dropped or deflected over 5 5 8 inches in the center.
These shelves should hold about 4 totes side by side above your garage door and be completely hidden when the garage door is open.
Window door garage door headers supporting roof wall floor loads.
Over garage door hidden shelving.
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This project was fairly straightforward work with only a couple minor adjustments for my particular garage beams.
If you have a sagging garage door or have found yourself searching for how to repair a sagging garage door lintel or why your garage door trim is sagging our team is here to help.
If you need a storage area above your garage strong ceiling joists are necessary to support the added weight.
Tables providing size selections for various beam spans and loading combinations for southern pine dimension lumber and southern pine glued laminated timber are available for the following applications.
Garage door lintel repair.
The header is the part of the framing that is the structural beam over the entire garage door opening.
The home mender dustin luby shows us how to replace a rotted garage door jamb and weatherstripping.