I am going to build my garage with a ridge beam. After touring existing garages, I've changed my mind from 2 single doors to a double door.
The problem then naturally becomes the support for the ridge beam above the double door. A sufficiently large beam (wood or steel) could be designed to handle the point load from a post down from the ridge. But I'm thinking a truss as the gable might be more suitable. You may want to spread the load...
Does anyone have an example of such a solution? Or built and solved this in some excellent way. If you also have a window in the gable peak, you get a gold star
To add, I already have the ridge beam and planks for the roof purlins...
The garage is 7.5 meters wide, and the door will be 5-5.5m.
The door is on the gable!
It will be a hefty roof truss for it but should not be a problem. You should probably consult a structural engineer to calculate a design as it is hardly standard. One option could be an additional beam over the gate, possibly in conjunction with the use of scissor trusses?
