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    Moving load bearing wall and cutting bottom rooof truss chord

    Put a vertical in over the wall to close out the truss. Need to design it and get the connections right and also check the existing top hors spinning as a rafter over the carport.
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    Lapping of bars of different quantities

    Top bars in a 2 span beam should be lapped mid span where there is no negative (hogging) bending moment. Theoretically the bars wouldn’t need to be lapped, but it is good practice to provide a lap here for minimum beam strength. Lap the 10 bars, the other 5 can just stop. Alternatively, the 5...

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