Garage Door Header Requirements
Window door garage door headers supporting roof wall floor loads.
Garage door header requirements. However this requires mounting the torsion spring on the rear of the horizontal tracks. Lay a single piece of the 1 inch by 11 inch lumber. 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. Let s get started with your framing 1.
Window door garage door headers supporting roof loads only. 304 mm available it is best to use a dual track system designed for low headroom. Also see assumptions for table development. Frame the rough opening to 3 inches wider than the garage door size you have selected.
If the door is 7. An attached garage must be separated from the residence and its attic area by not less than 1 2 inch gypsum board applied on the garage side. Garages with habitable rooms above the garage must be separated by not less than 5 8 inch type x gypsum board applied on the garage side. Rip 11 inch wide strips of inch plywood using a circular saw.
Cut three pieces of 1 inch by 11 inch lumber to the width measurement of the garage door rough opening plus 12 inches. For each application a pdf download is available. Header the header is ideally a minimum 12 wide micro laminated beam that spans the width of the garage door opening. Garage doors operating with torsion springs require a minimum of 9 1 2 inches of headroom while doors using extension springs require a minimum of 4 1 2 inches of headroom.
Without more detailed information that s as much as i can say. On the other hand if there is only 4 in. It is possible to mount torsion springs in a garage with only 5 inches of headroom. How to build a garage door header.
If you are installing a 9. In order to install torsion spring hardware we recommend a clearance of 12 in. To finish the opening. Frame the rough opening to a height that is 1 5 taller than the door that you have selected.
121 mm to 12 in.