Failed Brick Veneer Over Garage Doors

It s a bad spot to be in and fixing problems like this could easily cost six figures.
Failed brick veneer over garage doors. P i know this has come up before but most of the forums that i have looked at seem to pass the buck. We recommend a minimum l5x3x5 16 llv to be bolted to the wood header with 1 2 x 3 1 2 galvanized lag bolts at 2 0 c c. How it has stayed up i have no idea much less how it was done. I am cutting a jigsaw.
The wood frame behind all that brick is sagging at the doorway and has caused that crack. As for a cosmetic correction you could cut out the cracked brick and reset new in their place. The garage wall and the brick veneer are a totally different arena altogether. My question is what size lintel to install.
The brick is sitting on the lintel so you would have to take out the door trim to get to it. Is it a double garage with one door. Is that brick veneer. It is only serious if it needs to be repaired.
You could fill the crack and wait a year to see if there is more movement. Not as cheep as caulk but looks better. Some wood header manufacturers will design wood headers to carry brick loads. The sheathing paper is needed to shed the water and keep the underlayment dry.
The steel angle lintel that supports the brick located above the garage door opening must be bolted or welded to a structural back up that carries or supports the entire weight of the brick. Reface your garage door with this wood veneer and make it look like a 10 000 door. Again this is attributable to builder error or stupidity. Surprise there is no lintel.
If any component is missing problems will develop. Leaving the wood products buried behind concrete is a surefire way to develop more problems down the road and having a brick veneer wall with no air gap won t work either. Bia brick masonry techniques for builders. Or you could get an inspector out to take a look and.
I have 5 courses of bricks above the oening. The other nice thing is that the garage doors are not ugly metal or fiberglass doors but carriage style doors that look like they are constructed of multiple planks of wood. It is most likely not attached to the header at all. It s an attractive.
If the brick veneer was installed properly there should be a moisture barrier over the sheathing a one inch air gap between the brick veneer and sheathing and last weep holes to drain moisture. Bia brick masonry techniques for builders. Longer spans such as those over garage doors should be designed by a structural engineer to carry brick floor and roof loads. With brick filling in between and around the paths.