Hi all,
My wife and I are in the process of purchasing our first home together, and one of my first priorities is to make the garage and garage door functional again. The kitchen and dining room are right above the garage. The previous owner put a temporary jack underneath the kitchen area within the garage to help with a slightly bouncy floor. The garage door doesn't have an opener and is rotting at the bottom so it needs to be replaced. My mission is to do the following:
1) Replace garage door and install a low clearance opener.
2) Fix slightly bouncy floors via sistering the joists.
My question to you is, with the original construction pictures provided below, is the header system adequate for this type of garage / door? I tried searching the Google which gave me plenty of support for headers within typical garages, but it doesn't seem like I have that kind of required room to do so.
And my last question - Any reason to believe that the little bit of bounciness is caused by the large span on the gable end, and not the joists themselves?
Thanks for any insight that you guys can provide.
My wife and I are in the process of purchasing our first home together, and one of my first priorities is to make the garage and garage door functional again. The kitchen and dining room are right above the garage. The previous owner put a temporary jack underneath the kitchen area within the garage to help with a slightly bouncy floor. The garage door doesn't have an opener and is rotting at the bottom so it needs to be replaced. My mission is to do the following:
1) Replace garage door and install a low clearance opener.
2) Fix slightly bouncy floors via sistering the joists.
My question to you is, with the original construction pictures provided below, is the header system adequate for this type of garage / door? I tried searching the Google which gave me plenty of support for headers within typical garages, but it doesn't seem like I have that kind of required room to do so.
And my last question - Any reason to believe that the little bit of bounciness is caused by the large span on the gable end, and not the joists themselves?
Thanks for any insight that you guys can provide.


