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.
Steel lintel above 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.
Sagging garage door header lift system.
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.
In his opinion the lintel used when the house was constructed in 2008 was not heavy enough.
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.
The house has brick front and two car garage.
Steel lintels should have a minimum of masonry 150mm high between the flange and the application level of any form of loading.
The steel angle is bolted to the wood header which should be designed to carry vertical loads.
The lintellift system is a patented product that ensures garage door lintels or headers won t sag.
We have seen fewer problems with this type of.
Consult ig s technical department if applying a point load above lintels.
Point loads should not be applied directly onto lintel flanges.
What is a ballpark repair cost for a sagging lintel over the garage door.