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@KootK - You make a good point. I didn't think about it that way. Thanks! And thank you to everyone else for responding to this post.

He wants to know that it is structurally sound.

To dvd's point, I can't create a truss scenario because it's a hip roof with a chimney in the middle. To SWComposites, if my name is going to approve this, I'm going to make sure, without a shroud of doubt, it's not going to sag. I think there is a potential for that happening here because none...

Oh yeah, I understand now. That could potentially work along the right side where this is occuring but not the left side. The left side has an area of the ceiling that is vaulted and framed up inside the attic so that might be a little more difficult.

Not sure what you mean by up-set beam. Can you clarify?

Posting down is going to be difficult given the floor plan below. And you can't slide full length sisters through the soffit because there are no soffits on this house.

Completed an inspection on a residential hip roof that had five 2x6 roof rafters on each side scabbed with short 2x6 sister members. The original rafters are 16' long but several of them were either spliced with a scab plate or broken at midspan by a scab plate. In a perfect world, I would have...

That really helps, thank you!

Thank you for all of the great replies. The ledger is currently connected with (2) 1/2" lag screws at 32" on center through all of that ledger garbage. I agree with the point about the knee braces. I do think this would be a candidate to tear down and start fresh though. There's not much about...

I recently inspected a deck for a client where they had a rear deck off of the second story with a double ledger board attached over cedar shake siding. The IRC prohibits fastening a ledger to masonry veneer/stone or to a cantilevered flooring system but does not go over this issue. This just...

This is all great info. I like the idea and sketch that Lion06 and JAE provided. I'm going to work on designing something similar to that. At first I was planning on packing out the entire sill plate with 1 ply, fastening them all together, and using a Simpson FRFP plate to fasten to the block...

General anchorage.

This is a unique one... Looked at a house in a flood zone that was built upon a crawlspace with an ungrouted masonry block wall and four (4) 2"x6" sill plates between the 8"x16" block foundation and 2"x8" floor joists. I also found out that there is no anchor bolts at all so I am trying to...

I recently inspected a large house that had some evidence of trapped water/moisture in the masonry block cores in the basement (staining/efflorescence). There was a channel at the base of the wall and weep holes drilled through the block but the channel between the basement slab and the masonry...

Exactly, I'm thinking that trying to move it back into place will cause more damage than what the client is ready to take on. The attic is habitable but I'm going to recommend that no one go up there until this situation has been (structurally) resolved. I'll definitely be sistering the ceiling...

I completed an inspection this week of a small 1 story, 1,250sf home where the client was complaining about their walls. The home is geometrically shaped like a square with a small addition off of the front and back, and the main bearing wall runs from front to back. In her living room, there...

They look to be traditionally installed, at least from what I could see (couldn’t fit in the 8” of clearance beneath the floor. It looked like primarily a fastener issue.

Good call, thank you.

Update after seeing the house: The joists are pressure treated and the screws are drywall screws. Not good!

I haven't physically been there yet, this is just a picture from the inspection report. I'll have more info when I go there on Monday. I'll keep everyone here posted on what I see when I go over there.