Garage Door Header Span Table

Table 1 consolidates loading sizes and cost data for all of the applications.

Garage door header span table.

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. Select the correct table for the supported floor joist condition simple or continuous see notes below. In an attempt to construct portal frames some garages are built with one continuous garage header extending over two or three garage door openings as shown in figure a. Window door garage door headers supporting roof loads only.

Select the span carried by the beam across the top of the table. Find the clear opening that equals or exceeds the intended application. Choose the required center to center span for the beam in the span column. Our most versatile headers solution.

Csg tj17 simpson connector guide for trus joist products. Anything 5 and above we always at least double cripple. Tj 9001 installation guide for floor and roof framing with tji 110 210 230 360 and 560 joists. Span of trusses or rafters that frame into the header that equals or exceeds the intended application.

Window door garage door headers supporting roof wall floor loads. Tj 9001p installation guide for tji 110 210 230 360 and 560 joists in punjabi language. According to the 2012 irc codes any beam joist or header shall never have a bearing of less than 1 1 2. Portal frame details within the irc specify simple span headers with a maximum finished opening width of 18.

The span for the girder is based on the size of an average sized game room. Timberstrand lsl 12 13 microllam lvl 14 15 parallam psl 16 17 non snow roof load tables timberstrand lsl 18 19 microllam lvl 20 21 parallam psl 22 23 beam details 24 window and door. And the garage door header is based on a 2 car garage door opening. Tj 9510 installation guide for floor and roof framing with tji s31 s33 and s47 joists east canada.

Select the table with loading conditions and load duration factor satisfying the intended application. The structural ridge span represents the size of a large family room. Floor load tables timberstrand lsl 6 7 microllam lvl 8 9 parallam psl 10 11 snow roof load tables. Lvl 2 0e floor beam quick reference tables arried span to use.

All other data is available on page 121 of the 2012 international residential code. Includes span tables for all load bearing locations and the number of jack studs. These charts are for 30 pound per square foot snow load on the roof. On longer spans the beam may require much more bearing space as indicated by this table.

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