Garage Door Header Span Chart

Versa lam laminated veneer lumber lvl beams and headers eliminate twisting shrinking and splitting and deliver flatter quieter floors and structures.

Garage door header span chart.

Window door garage door headers supporting roof loads only. Select the span carried by the beam across the top of the table. Window door garage door headers supporting roof wall floor loads. Read the beam size or choice of beam sizes from the table.

Includes span tables for all load bearing locations and the number of jack studs. Table 1 consolidates loading sizes and cost data for all of the applications. The span for the girder is based on the size of an average sized game room. 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.

Connections 28 29 columns 30 31 product warranty 32. Header details 24 25 nailing on narrow face 25 allowable holes 26 bearing length requirements 26 tapered end cuts 27 multiple member. Using the continuous span floor joists table with 30 0 span carried select either 3 1 2 x 11 1 4 or 5 1 4 x 9 1 4. Window and door.

For deeper depth parallam psl beams see the trus joist 2 2e parallam psl. A beam with a 10 span carries 15 0 simple span joists on each side. The structural ridge span represents the size of a large family room. 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.

Span charts and 2012 irc building codes for girders and headers. These charts are for 30 pound per square foot snow load on the roof. And the garage door header is based on a 2 car garage door opening. Engineered wood products ewp lvl span and size charts.