The clear span between the masonry supports.
Garage door lintel size.
Frame the rough opening to 3 inches wider than the garage door size you have selected.
If you are installing a 9 wide door the opening will be 9 3 wide.
Example lintel length 150 1800 150 2100mm.
We use 3 4 x 6 lags and we use 16 of them in to the glulam headers.
Door frames linings linings casings.
Measure the size of the structural opening i e.
If the door is 7 tall frame the opening 7 1 5.
Garage door lintel span 18 and is on the gable end.
Frame the rough opening to a height that is 1 5 taller than the door that you have selected.
Add 150mm minimum bearing to each end.
The lintellift system is a patented product that ensures garage door lintels or headers won t sag.
We currently use a 4 x6 x 1 2 lintel with a span of 204 for masonry support over 16 garage door openings.
Interior doors internal doors fire doors door blanks.
Supreme concrete prestressed lintel r15210 2100 x 140 x 100mm.
When a garage door lintel fails it causes the brick wall being supported to sag leaving a noticeable crack right above the garage door.
Garage is 26 x 30.
Longer spans such as those over garage doors should be designed by a structural engineer to carry brick floor and roof loads.
L 600 or 0 3 max.
Maxi lintel 140 x 90 x 2400mm.
We have limited spans to 12 0 for economical angle sizes.
Sagging garage door header lift system.