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  1. Jpurr

    help with ridge board / beam design

    What is the current construction? Is there a bearing ridge beam or are there collar ties?? The load is the same adding just few lbs for the knee walls (if I am understanding your question correctly) but if you have a non bearing ridge beam with collar ties, you should not break the collar ties...
  2. Jpurr

    Non-vertical wood stud wall. Detail suggestions?

    I've got a client who wants to build his walls with a 10 degree outward pitch. They are the "non bearing" walls but with 2' overhangs and 128 psf snow load on the roof, I am still concerned with the detail. There is also a 4x10 beam running parallel directly over the wall and the 2x6...

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