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    Sep 21, 2007, 08:05 AM
    Header for a sliding door
    I have 2 side by side windows with a combined total of 92" r/o, above each one is a double
    2 x 10 header and i want to replace them with custom a sliding door, would opening up the headers and bolting a piece of 1/2" plate steel across them suffice of will I have to replace everything?
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    Sep 22, 2007, 05:45 PM
    that would proably work but if it were me id take it all out and build a 2x10 header with osb inside of it to span the distance, then have a jake stud or too on both sides
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