Garage Door Header On Gable End

A single flat 2 inch by 4 inch 51 mm by 102 mm member may be used as a header in interior or exterior nonbearing walls for openings up to 8 feet 2438 mm in width if the vertical distance to the parallel nailing surface above is not more than 24 inches 610 mm.

Garage door header on gable end.

Really kind seems to me like i ll save floor space by putting the doors on the gable end. If the gable rafters are continuous and without any notches for the look outs out riggers the header would only support the wall framing above. That would take care of the wind and seismic shear loads. As such the wind loads c c on the gable end will be felt by the garage door header and sizing of the header may be affected by this increased biaxial loading situation d 6w or d 0 75 0 6w 0 75 s.

Loading conditions are detailed below. Two overhead doors ten foot wide plus a 3 foot man door need between 26 and 30 foot of linear space depending on how tight i want to go to the walls and between garage door bays. Window door garage door headers supporting roof wall floor loads. Window door garage door headers supporting roof loads only.

They may suggest doubling up the trusses at the gable end in order to hand the header. For each application a pdf download is available. With notches the gable roof overhang loads and the gable rafter partial load. However it seems like picture one uses the most floor space.

16 garage door headers the garage and other window and door openings are prescriptive see figure r602 10 6 2 alternate braced wall panel adjacent to a door or window opening a minimum 3 x 11 25 net header size is required for opening from 6ft to a maximum 18 ft.