16 Garage Door Lintel

Some wood header manufacturers will.

16 garage door lintel.

Lintel lift addresses this critical issue adding the necessary support underneath the sagging lintel. We use 3 4 x 6 lags and we use 16 of them in to the glulam headers. When lintels fail it causes the bricks above to sag and eventually crack. We currently use a 4 x6 x 1 2 lintel with a span of 204 for masonry support over 16 garage door openings.

Over time the header can completely fail and the brickwork can fall off the house. 1 is a drawing provided to give guidance in constructing lintels over garage doors or with spans greater than 12 0. When a garage door lintel fails it causes the brick wall being supported to sag leaving a noticeable crack right above the garage door. 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.

The steel angle is bolted to the wood header which should be. The lintellift system fixes this issue by adding support underneath the sagging lintel. The lintellift system is a patented product that ensures garage door lintels or headers won t sag. 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.

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. Lintellift patented product will ensure garage door lintels or headers will not sag.