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There are 2 jack studs at each end. I nailed through the king stud into the ends of the header. I am now wondering if I used too many nails to assemble the header because the cracking seems to follow the rows of nails. There are 3 rows of nails on each side of the header, with 11-16d nails...

I built a header to install into a bearing wall so I could create a pass through in the wall. My header is a sandwich of 2 - 6ft sections of 2" x 12" with 1/2" plywood glued and nailed between them. I let the header sit for 24 hours before I installed it. I am now starting to see some...