Hi,
We are 'upgrading' a stand alone wooden carport to something a little more robust with a sectional garage door , similar in design to this
My lintel Q is looking at the RHS. When I say robust this means cavity brick walls on the garage walls with a sectional garage door at the front, its 4m wide inside and has a low roof i.e no rooms above, not enough room for storage.
I read https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/garage-door-lintel.482562/
"Concrete lintels are designed to work in composite with masonry above. Less masonry above usually presents a worse scenario."
We have a very low roof sitting directly onto 2 piers. Lightweight, no room above etc. lower than in the image above.
A garage door will be as wide as we can, maybe 3m
The sectional garage door secures to the piers and needs headroom 210mm.
I just assumed we needed a lintel but then thought "do we ?" and thats my question.
With no brickwork above is there any need for a lintel ? Have I missed something? The only thing bricks above it would do is reduce head height. The garage door doesn't need a lintel, I'm checking if the roof trusses do.
PG
We are 'upgrading' a stand alone wooden carport to something a little more robust with a sectional garage door , similar in design to this
My lintel Q is looking at the RHS. When I say robust this means cavity brick walls on the garage walls with a sectional garage door at the front, its 4m wide inside and has a low roof i.e no rooms above, not enough room for storage.
I read https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/garage-door-lintel.482562/
"Concrete lintels are designed to work in composite with masonry above. Less masonry above usually presents a worse scenario."
We have a very low roof sitting directly onto 2 piers. Lightweight, no room above etc. lower than in the image above.
A garage door will be as wide as we can, maybe 3m
The sectional garage door secures to the piers and needs headroom 210mm.
I just assumed we needed a lintel but then thought "do we ?" and thats my question.
With no brickwork above is there any need for a lintel ? Have I missed something? The only thing bricks above it would do is reduce head height. The garage door doesn't need a lintel, I'm checking if the roof trusses do.
PG
