Door header

A door header of a frame defining an opening in a stud wall having two adjacent vertical studs spaced from one another by a predetermined distance, the door header comprising:

• a metallic elongate body including at least a main bottom wall and first and second longitudinal lateral walls secured to the bottom wall and being generally perpendicular thereto, the main bottom wall and the longitudinal lateral walls extending between first and second longitudinal ends, the metallic elongate body having a body length generally equal to the predetermined distance;
• first and second longitudinal end brackets slidably inserting and securing to the metallic elongate body adjacent the first and second longitudinal ends, respectively, the first and second longitudinal end brackets being securable to the two adjacent vertical studs;
• wherein each one of said first and second longitudinal end brackets including a bracket end wall with two opposed bracket side tabs, and opposed bracket lower and upper tabs, all extending generally perpendicularly from the bracket end wall opposite a stud facing surface of the bracket end wall, at least one of the two opposed bracket side tabs and the bracket lower tab being securable to the first and second longitudinal lateral walls and the main bottom wall, respectively, when each said longitudinal end bracket is secured at respective said longitudinal end.