On 1/28/2005 4:19 PM US(ET), Duane Bozarth took fingers to keys, and
typed the following:

willshak wrote:


On 1/28/2005 3:40 PM US(ET), Wayne Whitney took fingers to keys, and
typed the following:



On 2005-01-28, Duane Bozarth wrote:





....Be sure there's adequate header over the new door installation...




Is there some reason a door requires a bigger header than a window of
the same width? Or are you suggesting that if the house is older, it
may not have been built to modern standards, so that the header size
should be checked as part of a project like this?

Cheers, Wayne





The header, if properly installed, does not care whether what is
installed below is a window, door, archway, or any other opening which
would require that some supporting studs be removed, as long as the
header spans the width of the rough opening and is properly supported at
the ends.



That's the if...I've seen a lot where a window header isn't what it
ought to be, more so than doors for some reason...



It depends upon whether the wall where the opening is located is a
load-bearing supporting wall or a non-load-bearing partition wall. Since
windows and exterior doors are almost always located in load-bearing
supporting walls (all exterior walls are load-bearing), they require a
suitable header. A partition wall does not usually require a supporting
header above an interior opening, since the partition wall is not a
supporting structure. Of course, larger openings in a partition wall
require a suitable header to prevent sagging.

--
Bill