Reinforce Garage Door Header

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Reinforce garage door header.

Find out proper reinforcement of your garage door with your garage door opener. However this row of blocks does not extend to the single cinder block columns on both sides of the garage door openings. To correct a sag in your garage door header you will need to reinforce it. This steel bracket provides the proper reinforcement to the top sections and are adjustable for compatibility with most garage door openers.

You can go with a wooden brace but depending on the load on your garage door header the sag could reoccur overtime. The lintellift system is a patented product that ensures garage door lintels or headers won t sag. When a garage door lintel fails it causes the brick wall being supported to sag leaving a noticeable crack right above the garage door. If you take the garage door measurements to a local lumberyard or hardware store they will be able to help you pick out the proper support beam for your situation.

The lintellift system fixes this issue by adding support underneath the sagging lintel. Tbe row of 6 blocks have a 2 x 10 on top and a 2 x 10 below them. These 9 foot openings are only supported by a makeshift header consisting of 6 cinder blocks sitting horizontally across the top of the opening.