The steel angle is bolted to the wood header which should be designed to carry vertical loads.
Steel lintel above garage door.
The lintellift system is a patented product that ensures garage door lintels or headers won t sag.
The inspector noticed that a steel plate acting as lintel beam is running over the garage door to support the brick layer above but it ended up 3.
Place foam bead at end of lintels over 6 0 long for expansion of steel.
What is a ballpark repair cost for a sagging lintel over the garage door.
When a garage door lintel fails it causes the brick wall being supported to sag leaving a noticeable crack right above the garage door.
1 is a drawing provided to give guidance in constructing lintels over garage doors or with spans greater than 12 0.
My client is selling their house and the buyer s inspector pointed out the overhead garage door lintel is sagging and there are brickwork cracks as a result.
Total udl the udl uniformly distributed load is the total load in kn that is uniformly distributed along the span of the lintel relative to the load ratio.
Sagging garage door header lift system.
We have seen fewer problems with this type of.
The house has brick front and two car garage.
Consult ig s technical department if applying a point load above lintels.
Point loads should not be applied directly onto lintel flanges.
Steel lintels should have a minimum of masonry 150mm high between the flange and the application level of any form of loading.