I am quite sure it serves as a tension tie to prevent lateral spreading of the exterior walls. I'm just wondering of the possibilities/effectiveness of connecting it to the mass of the parallel wall below its length.
Second floor is grey area in rendering. (in Europe = 1st floor)
Approximate staircase position and landing shown in new image.
The reason to cut through the lower joist, is that distance between bottom and top joists is about 160cm, - terrible for bumping heads.
The loads on the bottom joist: i...
Hello all,
I have a dilemma in a barn renovation. I need to build a staircase with full (human) height access to the 2nd floor. Ideal would be to cut through the lower joist. I realise this is structurally challenging, but I am wondering if there is any kind of precedent for this kind of...
