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This is my answer that i am giving the builder. This was my main concern, expressed in a cluster$@%& longform, haha. Thank you.

You have a few different things going on. Looks like you really don't have bearing - too much gap between it and the scabbed on 'shim.'...

ok, so in short - you are good with the way this is installed? assuming they met the fastening criteria, hanger spec, and member sizes...

We have a consensus. I will detail this. Now, more so to my curiosity, i would think that i would hold the beam back slightly (left in...

i appreciate you being the bigger man here...i too need to take your advice. I see you post on here all the time (makes me question how...

Wait, maybe I’m in the wrong. Does everyone on here detail every single condition in a house, no matter how common or simple? This is an...

Ok cool. This is about all I was looking for haha. I appreciate the lack of condescending remarks. I may not have 40+ years of...

maybe you’re not in residential design. Or maybe you don’t deal with inspections ever. No problem, my short stint in commercial...

Here is a clever one I saw yesterday in a similar vein. Using a double hanger to support an angled, single I-joist. Fortunately, the...

Yes, we specialize is high end custom homes (the real kind $20MM+, not the high end custom homes that everyone and their brother claim...

Common detail for me. As long as the rafter is face nailed to the ceiling joist to resist the thrust - which it appears to be.

Oh my goodness. Duh! I’m embarrassed I didn’t think of that. It was a late night with lots of errors to review clearly. Thank you for...

This thread will be fun. Looks like your LVLs will be doing the heavy lifting in terms of resisting rafter thrust via weak-axis...

I have been in residential structural engineering for about 8 years. I know there are some things that are a “big deal” and other things...