Installing A Garage Door Header

Cut a 2 x 6 piece of lumber and nail to the face of wall exactly in the center of the garage header.

Installing a garage door header.

Torsion see above which mounts on the header above the door and extension photo 1 which floats above the upper roller track. We have an old cinder block garage shed building built in 1967 with 2 9 foot wide garage door openings. Header the header is ideally a minimum 12 wide micro laminated beam that spans the width of the garage door opening. If you re installing a two car garage door place a reinforcing bar on the top panel to prevent the door from bowing in the center.

The header is the large wooden beam above the door of your garage which supports the walls and ceiling above and helps to support the weight of any extensions which go over the garage. These 9 foot openings are only supported by a makeshift header consisting of 6 cinder blocks sitting horizontally across the top of the opening. As a bonus all this extra wood provides an ideal anchor for the nails used to install wood trim and moldings especially the wide stuff. C to fill in the space between the top of a header and top of a wall.

Tbe row of 6 blocks have a 2 x 10 on top and a 2 x 10 below them. While popular chain drive garage door openers connect the motor to the carriage with a chain other openers work slightly differently. Last pull a measurement from the top of the 2 x 6 piece of lumber that you just installed to the ceiling of the garage. Be sure the bar is centered on the panel.

In the past extension springs were safer to install but didn t have containment cables running through the center of the spring. Garage door springs come in two styles. Sometimes cripples are installed over a window or door fig. Building a structural header for a garage door opening can be handled on the jobsite and will offer the same structural support as more expensive solid wood beams.

Attach hinges to the top of each panel image 2. This piece of. Begin installing your new door. This guide reviews how to install a garage door opener and offers tips for successful garage door installation.

Drill pilot holes image 1 and secure the bar with screws. Header requirement 2 at minimum the header should be 12 wide with doubled 2 4 at opening and ceiling running the width of the door with a 2 4 in the center of the opening for the center bracket to attach to. Attach lumber to the face of the garage wall to the edge of the garage door header. Fitting the header properly can be a very difficult project to undertake as a garage door header which is too small can result in sagging or even serious.