16 Garage Door Lintel

Over time the header can completely fail and the brickwork can fall off the house.
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. 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. When a garage door lintel fails it causes the brick wall being supported to sag leaving a noticeable crack right above the garage door.
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. We use 3 4 x 6 lags and we use 16 of them in to the glulam headers. Lintel lift addresses this critical issue adding the necessary support underneath the sagging lintel. The lintellift system fixes this issue by adding support underneath the sagging lintel.
When lintels fail it causes the bricks above to sag and eventually crack. The steel angle is bolted to the wood header which should be. 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 greater the space of the opening the larger the lintel may need to be in overall dimensions in order to adequately bear the weight it is holding.
We currently use a 4 x6 x 1 2 lintel with a span of 204 for masonry support over 16 garage door openings. 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.