I have a 40’ wood metal plated truss that is cantilevered on one end to span a rear porch. Plan is to remove bearing on cantilevered side and move it out to the end about 8’. Im having a local truss company run the design on the original truss bearing conditions and also for the proposed with...
I recently had a look at a set of plans with a new 2x framed pony/cripple wall(about 12-18" tall) built on top of an existing 2x framed wall(9' tall) for a 2nd floor addition. They clearly just wanted more ceiling height on the first floor while constructing the new 2nd floor addition on top of...
I have a little 16x28 partially enclosed outdoor pavilion. It has a typical hip roof with no ceiling framing(cathedral style). Really scratching my head on the best way to deal with thrust here. I have a full wall on one side (shorter side) and short little corner walls on the other short side...
3-Ply 16” LVL currently spans about 20 feet. One support has to be moved 4’ out. They can’t install a new beam for a number of reasons so they proposed a partial flitch plate splice to extend the beam 4’ to the new bearing.
We have about 680plf on this beam which gives me about 6 5/8” bolts at...
