Garage Door Header Span Chart

Window door garage door headers supporting roof wall floor loads.

Garage door header span chart.

Header details 24 25 nailing on narrow face 25 allowable holes 26 bearing length requirements 26 tapered end cuts 27 multiple member. Some sizes may not be available in your region. Versa lam laminated veneer lumber lvl beams and headers eliminate twisting shrinking and splitting and deliver flatter quieter floors and structures. Select the span carried by the beam across the top of the table.

Table 1 consolidates loading sizes and cost data for all of the applications. Connections 28 29 columns 30 31 product warranty 32. Engineered wood products ewp lvl span and size charts. Window and door.

Includes span tables for all load bearing locations and the number of jack studs. A beam with a 10 span carries 15 0 simple span joists on each side. The structural ridge span represents the size of a large family room. 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.

For deeper depth parallam psl beams see the trus joist 2 2e parallam psl. All other data is available on page 121 of the 2012 international residential code. Window door garage door headers supporting roof loads only. And the garage door header is based on a 2 car garage door opening.

The span for the girder is based on the size of an average sized game room. Our versa lam lvl is manufactured in either alexandria lena louisiana in eastern united states or in white city oregon for the western united states. Read the beam size or choice of beam sizes from the table. Span charts and 2012 irc building codes for girders and headers.