When in doubt use 2 by 12 inch headers.
Garage door header spans.
Tj 9001 installation guide for floor and roof framing with tji 110 210 230 360 and 560 joists.
And the garage door header is based on a 2 car garage door opening.
Some sizes may not be available in your region.
Between 4 and 5 feet the header should be built 2 inches wide and 8 inches long while a larger opening needs a header that is 2 by 12.
Anything 5 and above we always at least double cripple.
Span charts and 2012 irc building codes for girders and headers.
Tj 9510 installation guide for floor and roof framing with tji s31 s33 and s47 joists east canada.
Csg tj17 simpson connector guide for trus joist products.
The span for the girder is based on the size of an average sized game room.
Header spans are typical for a window and a patio door.
The structural ridge span represents the size of a large family room.
All other data is available on page 121 of the 2012 international residential code.
Our most versatile headers solution.
For deeper depth parallam psl beams see the trus joist 2 2e parallam psl.
Window door garage door headers supporting roof wall floor loads.
Measure the width of your door frame.
Window door garage door headers supporting roof loads only.
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.
On longer spans the beam may require much more bearing space as indicated by this table.
Header details 24 25 nailing on narrow face 25 allowable holes 26 bearing length requirements 26 tapered end cuts 27 multiple member.
Connections 28 29 columns 30 31 product warranty 32.
These charts are for 30 pound per square foot snow load on the roof.
Most door frames that are 4 feet wide or less require a 2 by 6 header.
Window and door.
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.
Includes span tables for all load bearing locations and the number of jack studs.