12 Foot Garage Door Header Size

These are the two most common and unless you have some real funny type zoning these are usually accepted by code.

12 foot garage door header size.

I am wanting to add a divider wall in my garage to separate a work space from the parking area. Span charts and 2012 irc building codes for girders and headers. Those higher loads in turn have to be transferred to a beam and or post s to a footing s and to the ground. Header the header is ideally a minimum 12 wide micro laminated beam that spans the width of the garage door opening.

I got a great deal on a 10 foot wide by 7 foot tall roll up door. I framed my basement when finishing it but nothing this wide. Most door frames that are 4 feet wide or less require a 2 by 6 header. 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.

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. The open span is 14 5 ft there will be a single point load of 4 200 lbs at 4 from one end. Measure the width of your door frame.

Window door garage door headers supporting roof wall floor loads. What type of header do i need to span a 12 wide garage door opening. I need to size a steel beam for over a garage door opening. 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.

The roof is either a 3 12 or 4 12. Window door garage door headers supporting roof loads only. By installing a 12 header in place of a 3 header the studs supporting the longer header will be supporting much higher concentrated loads although the total load will be the same. What size steel beam do i need for this header.

All documentation i have found on header sizing refers to load bearing walls. 50 lb snow load.