Size Of Beam Over 16 Garage Door

Header spans are typical for a window and a patio door.

Size of beam over 16 garage door.

No size 16 is not fat. I have a existing garage with a 16 foot garage door. The span for the girder is based on the size of an average sized game room. Width of garage door opening standard widths are 8 9 10 12 14 16 17 and 18 height of the garage door opening standard residential heights are 7 7 6 8 header the header is ideally a minimum 12 wide micro laminated beam that spans the width of the garage door opening.

A balance beam is 16 feet long and 4 5 inches in width and height varies. If you are having your trusses run at right angles to the doors usually the side of the garage you may bery likely need 3 lam beams on the 16 door and they may require you have 2 x 6 s for your jack studs. 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. Table 1 consolidates loading sizes and cost data for all of the applications.

It also depends on which way your trusses run. The structural ridge span represents the size of a large family room. The door is on the gable end of the garage and the total span is 16 4 with a total garage outside width of 16 11. Now here is a twist.

The garage was originally post and beam with posts every 10 feet and has a total depth length of 28 feet. So for a 16 wide door your beam will have to be 16 6 long. Window door garage door headers supporting roof loads only. And the garage door header is based on a 2 car garage door opening.

Window door garage door headers supporting roof wall floor loads.