Yes, the floor joists are 2"x10", 10ft on either side. The beam is only supporting two bedrooms in which case I believe the LL can be reduced to 30psf. The roof is a double hiped with no connectios to the ceiling joists. I'm trying to error on the high side using 40psf LL with a 20psf DL. The...
I did talked to him and he said that's what he always specs for this type of situation. I also asked him if he had any calculations and or codes that show that is the required beam size to which he said no.
Steve
As a mechanical engineer I have a tendency to question things but structural engineering is not my expertise. I hired an architect for a full house redesign but I think his beam calculation is off. The current beam is W8x15 with a single column which I’m looking to remove.
Details:
Single...
