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Good way to do cantilevered headers in wood walls? 1

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reverbz

reverbz

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Aug 20, 2024
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Hey Guys,

I have a situation where the there's an exterior corner opening(about 5' wide on both sides of the corner) with no interior support in a wood building. How are these cantilevered headers typically framed in wood buildings? Does it need to be a steel frame?

Thank you!
 
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Back span, strap it down and provide a load path for the sustained tension.
 
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I would design it like any other cantilevered beam. If there's a window/door below, be sure to limit the deflection accordingly to not negatively impact it based on what the manufacturer would require.

If the predominant framing is wood, I would try to design a wood beam. If that would not work for whatever reason (loading, allowable depth, etc.), then I would try to use steel instead.
 
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@phameng @swcomposites @eng16080 I guess my concern is that it would create a hinge on the backspan since the beam isn't at the top of the wall there'd be studs above and below the backspan. Am I thinking about that incorrectly? I guess you could use the hangar from beam to beam at the corner to help resist it but not sure that's really adequate.
 
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It's usually best to draw a sketch. Verbal descriptions are easily misinterpreted.
 
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No hinge. Just have to make sure the header is braced for torsion at both ends, just like any other header. Face nailing the king stud(s) to the header at the back span and connecting the headers together at the corner. A hanger won't really help you there. Well...it probably would be better than nothing, but easier to quantify a custom connection since the hangers don't have published values for in plane bending or axial loads.
 
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@phamENG thank you that makes sense
 
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