Garage Door Header Size Gable End

Re: 18′ Garage door header size (no load)?. Some gable end trusses will be designed to transfer all the load directly to the wall underneath. They.
Just size your opening accordingly(header length will be longer by 3. Suppose the garage door opening is on the gable end and is not a load.
We’ve all seen 16′ 2 x 12 garage door headers sag, even in a gable wall let alone in a load bearing situation. With the use of micro lam beams, getting the proper size header should be easy. Check with your local building department.
Would like opinions on the size of header beam needed for a 10′ wide garage door on the gable end of the building. Since there is very little.
Dec 24, 2009 – Double garage doors, nominal 16′ wide. along with Hardy Walls or Simpson Strong Walls for lateral/shear on the open end. A minimum 3″ X 11.25″ net header size is required for opening from 6ft to a maximum 18 ft.
Feb 17, 2009 – The overhead door that size will require atleast 24″ of head room for. You can frame the header on a gable end it doesnt need any “beam”.
JC also insisted on installing a garage header composed of 5, 20 ft. long 2x10s. This beam would span a 16 foot garage door opening; which was not a load. I know that gable end trusses take a little “lead” time to order and. more standard size truss (which were already in stock at our lumberyard), then.
Secondly, the end wall on gable structure are structional load. and I used two 2×10 headers over every door and window op.