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Garage door header rotten.
The best way to fix this problem is to replace the header.
Support the ceiling of the garage using some lumber.
You can t replace a 16 chunk of it and retain any structural integrity.
Take out the header by sawing through the center piece.
Lay one board on the garage floor to act as a sill plate.
Insert the tip of a flat crowbar under the trim.
Step 1 remove the garage door header.
Door jambs are susceptible to wood rot due to their exposure to ground level moisture.
Pry on the crowbar to lift the trim and loosen it.
Tap on the back of it with a hammer to drive the tip in as far as you can.
The jambs are vertical boards that form the side parts of the frame around a garage door.
Over the years the garage door header has sagged du.
Some garage doors are.
Use a hammer to tap the 2x6 to a vertical position where it ll raise the header and release the downward pressure on the rotted post.
Stand the other 2x6 on top of the sill plate and slip its upper end underneath the header that spans the garage door opening.