The lintellift system is a patented product that ensures garage door lintels or headers won t sag.
Header for garage door in basement.
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Non load bearing windows and doors do not require a structural header.
An engineer will be able to determine the necessary size of the header type of wood and the number of king studs and jack studs.
This is a one story ranch with a basement and a shop in the basement.
Portal frame details within the irc specify simple span headers with a maximum finished opening width of 18.
When a garage door lintel fails it causes the brick wall being supported to sag leaving a noticeable crack right above the garage door.
The lintellift system fixes this issue by adding support underneath the sagging lintel.
The person doing the takeoff had interpreted my request for an 18 9 garage door header to the least expensive 20 long beam.
This product is new and distributors don t want to stockpile inventory.
The procedure for constructing a header for 6 inch exterior wall framing can be modified for any wall thickness.
Timberstrand header comes only in 3 widths in depths that range from 4 3 8 to 18.
The king studs nailed into the end of each header and the trimmers that butt just under the header combine to create a sturdy vertical support column.
It is worth noting that the 18 foot garage door header application pushed timberstrand beyond its structural limit.
For instance in the basement remodel all the doors have simple 2 4 framing around them.
Question pertains to a basement garage.
The basement shop currently has two single standard with garage doors.
Together the headers king studs and trimmers act as a system that transfers weight from above down and around the window and door openings to the floor and foundation below.
On previous projects i have been supplied a glu lam boise makes specifically for garage door headers that was 3 1 2 x 11 1 4 x 18 9.
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