Garage Roof Support Beams

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.

Garage roof support beams.

The image below shows a cross section of our simple 12 x 13 house from the joist span tables section of this tutorial. Here we have a wood framed gable roof. Once again a 2 by 4 inch piece of lumber is placed between the trusses and parallel to the ceiling joists. The wooden joists or beams over your garage help hold your roof in place.

If you have traditional site built roof framing your storage capacity depends on the design of the framing. As demonstrated by the dent in my pickup s hood vibrations from the garage door opener can cause items to shimmy around and eventually crash down onto your car or you. This is where a high pitched roof is necessary. Move the braces into place on top of the bottle jacks image 3 then raise them till they support the roof.

A great deal depends on the pitch of the roof. Window door garage door headers supporting roof loads only. With the old beam uncovered the temporary beam can be placed on the braces you ve made images 1 and 2. The other is just used to support the trusses.

If you need a storage area above your garage strong ceiling joists are necessary to support the added weight. Continuing on from part 3. A higher pitched roof would be better for extra living space than a lower pitched roof. Window door garage door headers supporting roof wall floor loads.

Finally make sure stored items are securely locked in place. Create an open kitchen dining area a larger living room or a huge master bedroom using basic framing techniques and standard materials. The best way to make small or cramped rooms larger is to remove a wall between adjoining rooms. Let s consider a basic gable wood roof framing design.

Floor beam span tables of residential structural design we will now look at roof rafter and beam design. Open up cramped rooms by replacing a wall with a load bearing beam.