How to Attach Extra Wood to an Already Built Ridge Beam? 1

[GaryHStr]

Hey everyone,

I'm working on a bit of a situation here. I've got a ridge beam in a building that's already up. It's about 9.5 inches by 3.5 inches and it's bending more than it should. I was thinking about adding a steel plate, but that won't work because it'll get in the way of the rafters.

So, my plan now is to attach another piece of wood to the bottom of this beam. The new piece would be about 4 inches by 3 inches, making the whole beam around 12.4 inches deep.

The thing is, I'm not sure about the best way to attach this new piece of wood since the beam's already in place. Have any of you done something like this? What worked for you?

Appreciate your insights!

 

[dik]

I try to avoid them... there are better fasteners out there...

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-Dik

 

[CableSCES]

Found this post in researching a very similar problem on a current retrofit project. Did you find a solution that you liked @GaryHStr?

I have an extremely similar challenge. I posted mine here so as not to hijack this thread:

https://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=519336

 

[Flotsam7018]

Is this all new construction and the beam was improperly designed or are you analyzing existing framing?