Garage Door Lintel Detail

When a garage door lintel fails it causes the brick wall being supported to sag leaving a noticeable crack right above the garage door.

Garage door lintel detail. 3m wide opening is an odd size most garage doors are 7 8ft wide 2 2 2 4m approx have you got a door that will fit the opening ready. See more ideas about windows and doors concrete lintels cavity wall. As this size fluctuation happens over the years the weight of brickwork above a garage door puts pressure on the structure at its weakest point the middle. Building consent authorities are receiving applications for building consents in which garage door head details do not follow the same garage door head detail with masonry veneer cladding and infill panel.

The inspector noticed that a steel plate acting as lintel beam is running over the garage door to support the brick layer above but it ended up 3 inches short on one end. Sagging garage door header lift system. There is some provision for this in the national building code but the span required for a double wide garage door exceeds the table in article 9 20 5 2. The primary cause of a sagging lintel is poor design.

Oct 1 2017 explore arash armin s board lintel for door window opening on pinterest. Total udl the udl uniformly distributed load is the total load in kn that is uniformly distributed along the span of the lintel relative to the load ratio. Assuming its a simple detached garage what roof construction flat pitched. Wall underlay turned into door opening with flexible flashing tape to corners flexible flashing tape to head flashing upstand 35 mm minimum flashing lap.

Many home builders will not build in the necessary allowances for the expansion and contraction of the lintel over time. Garage door not shown for clarity. I have a detatched garage which is double width with 2 seperate up and over steel doors seperated by a 18 brick pier. What is going above the lintel brickwork roof bedroom etc.

This supports 2 seperate steel lintels i am planning on rebuilding a calssic car and would like to make this a single opening door. Garage door head details do not follow the same garage door head detail with masonry veneer cladding and infill panel over the door. Are you providing piers at each end of the opening. Design detail for brick veneer over garage doors introduction clay brick veneer 75 or 90mm wide is frequently installed on steel angles above garage doors.

The 2100mm long lintel in example 2 is listed in this column.