16 Garage Door Lintel

For example a standard size for a lintel that is intended to span a 16 foot garage door is 4 x 6 x 17 x 3 8.

16 garage door lintel.

1 is a drawing provided to give guidance in constructing lintels over garage doors or with spans greater than 12 0. Lintellift patented product will ensure garage door lintels or headers will not sag. Lintel lift addresses this critical issue adding the necessary support underneath the sagging lintel. Over time the header can completely fail and the brickwork can fall off the house.

We usually have around 60 of brick masonry above them being supported we are being questioned if our lintels are thick enough. 2 recess door u lintels are used where the top of the door is equal to the block course height with a 2 door frame. Typical use top of door equal to block course height 2 recess in u lintel top of 2 door frame masonry opening u lintel overall length u lintel bearing recess length additional lengths available by special order. The steel angle is bolted to the wood header which should be.

When lintels fail it causes the bricks above to sag and eventually crack. The lintellift system is a patented product that ensures garage door lintels or headers won t sag. Minimum l5x3x5 16 llv to be bolted to the wood header with 1 2 x 3 1 2 galvanized lag bolts at 2 0 c c. Some wood header manufacturers will.

We use 3 4 x 6 lags and we use 16 of them in to the glulam headers. The lintellift system fixes this issue by adding support underneath the sagging lintel.