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I have a 30 year old home with a 2 car garage. The overhead beam over the garage door, which consists of two side by side 2×10’s had sagged down about one inch in the center of the 16 foot span. Over the past two years I have gradually raised the center of the span back to a straight line. My question now is: what is the best way to secure the beam in a straight position so that I can remove the temporary center post and not have to worry about the sag coming back?
The original builder had two 2×4 braces at a 30 degree angle nailed from top corners of the garage front wall to near center of the span. They did not seem to do the job they were intended for. I removed these braces before jacking up the center of the span. I have been thinking of adding some 2×6 braces in parallel with the original 2×4’s and fastening everything with glue and lag screws instead of just nails but am not sure that this would be adequate.
A person that works in the building trade told me that I need to put use steel reinforcement but am not familiar with that technique.
I would appreciate any suggestions or comments on how to resolve this problem.
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I have a 30 year old home with a 2 car garage. The overhead beam over the garage door, which consists of two side by side 2x10's had sagged down about one inch in the center of the 16 foot span. Over the past two years I have gradually raised the center of the span back to a straight line. My question now is: what is the best way to secure the beam in a straight position so that I can remove the temporary center post and not have to worry about the sag coming back?
The original builder had two 2x4 braces at a 30 degree angle nailed from top corners of the garage front wall to near center of the span. They did not seem to do the job they were intended for. I removed these braces before jacking up the center of the span. I have been thinking of adding some 2x6 braces in parallel with the original 2x4's and fastening everything with glue and lag screws instead of just nails but am not sure that this would be adequate.
A person that works in the building trade told me that I need to put use steel reinforcement but am not familiar with that technique.
I would appreciate any suggestions or comments on how to resolve this problem.
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