Point loads should not be applied directly onto lintel flanges.
Steel lintel above garage door.
The steel angle is bolted to the wood header which should be designed to carry vertical loads.
The house has brick front and two car garage.
The lintellift system is a patented product that ensures garage door lintels or headers won t sag.
In his opinion the lintel used when the house was constructed in 2008 was not heavy enough.
What is a ballpark repair cost for a sagging lintel over the garage door.
We have seen fewer problems with this type of.
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.
Masonry immediately above the lintel should be allowed to cure.
Sagging garage door header lift system.
1 is a drawing provided to give guidance in constructing lintels over garage doors or with spans greater than 12 0.
Consult ig s technical department if applying a point load above lintels.
When a garage door lintel fails it causes the brick wall being supported to sag leaving a noticeable crack right above the garage door.
Steel lintels should have a minimum of masonry 150mm high between the flange and the application level of any form of loading.
The 2100mm long lintel in example 2 is listed in this column.