Garage Door Header Span Table

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Garage door header span table. Window door garage door headers supporting roof wall floor loads. Choose the required center to center span for the beam in the span column. 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. Beams of more than one ply must be fastened together with either nails or bolts.
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. Anything 5 and above we always at least double cripple. According to the 2012 irc codes any beam joist or header shall never have a bearing of less than 1 1 2. Select the span carried by the beam across the top of the table.
The structural ridge span represents the size of a large family room. 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. Notes for tables 1 6.
Header spans are typical for a window and a patio door. 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. Our most versatile headers solution. Portal frame details within the irc specify simple span headers with a maximum finished opening width of 18.
Select product size for the appropriate grade clear opening and span of supported roof framing. Into the header that equals or exceeds the intended application. The span for the girder is based on the size of an average sized game room. Tj 9001 installation guide for floor and roof framing with tji 110 210 230 360 and 560 joists.
All other data is available on page 121 of the 2012 international residential code. Select the correct table for the supported floor joist condition simple or continuous see notes below. And the garage door header is based on a 2 car garage door opening. Versa lam laminated veneer lumber lvl beams and headers eliminate twisting shrinking and splitting and deliver flatter quieter floors and structures.
Window door garage door headers supporting roof loads only. Tj 9001p installation guide for tji 110 210 230 360 and 560 joists in punjabi language. Find the clear opening that equals or exceeds the intended application. Engineered wood products ewp lvl span and size charts.
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. Window door garage door headers supporting roof loads only.