Garage Door Opener Help

[BrianG]

Originally Posted by Finnster

IDK the "proper" way, but I would put a 2x4 on ea side and put long screws or bolts thru, preferably bolts and washers. I tend to over engineer things, so maybe it could be less, but why go halfway?

Yeah, I like that idea. Although, the notch I need to make is bigger than I'd like and there would be only about 2" of "meat" left in the 2X6. I want to attach some U channel metal on both sides, but still makes me a bit nervous.

Borrowing Finn's pic, this is about what I'm looking at:



There is good news though; one of the beams is actually comprised of two shorter ones secured together with about 6 feet of overlap (effectively a 4X6 for that length). So that will be easy to brace by lying a 2X4 (or two) on top and screwing in place. But the other beam is only a single "layer", and securely fastening a 2X4 might be problematic. The beam is fairly "wiggly" so there doesn't seem to be too much stress on it, but I still want to make sure it is solid.

As you can see by my opening post pics, there is nothing resting on top of those beams (the beams at the back of the garage are for that), nor will there be.

I wanted to get this done this weekend, but am getting surgery on Friday and probably won't be in any shape to climb ladders to do the work. Poo.