Wood Beam Door Header
Window door garage door headers supporting roof wall floor loads.
Wood beam door header. 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. Together the headers king studs and trimmers act as a system that transfers weight from above down and around the window and door openings to the floor and foundation below. In beam speak you say. Window door garage door headers supporting roof loads only.
Southern woodcraft offers many standard options or we can create virtually any pattern or combination of patterns to satisfy your design requirements. This translation is the key to any structural sizing. Browse through this large collection of faux and real wood l headers available in a wide range of textures colors and custom sizes to best suit your design specifications. Add up all the loads acting on a header or beam and then translate this load into terms of how much load each lineal foot of header or beam will feel.
The longer the distance a header spans and the heavier the load it supports the more substantial it needs to be. This header must carry x pounds per lineal foot. These small areas are usually door opening on the interior and people are trained that these areas are the strongest place in a house to be in the case of an emergency. Wood headers are ornamental features that will add an eye catching finish to windows doors and garage openings.