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Went and looked at a job , they were complaining of a wavey roof.
After some investigating I discovered the roof was a 4/12 and the rafters were 2by6 spaning 17 feet 16oc.
You could tear off the 3 tab & sheeting sister the rafters, but it seamed to be a more economical way .
The room is vaulted and 14 feet across I wanted to pocket a beam in the inter. walls at the half way point , the problem is its on the 2 floor and there not load bearing walls .
HOW MUCH WEIGHT WOULD I BE ADDING?
any sugestion
thanks, JM
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Hi Jeremy,
Is there a snow load requirement? When you say that the walls on the second floor are not load bearing, is it because there is no continuety down to the lowest level?
There are ways to tranfer loads to load bearing points. But this is something I would want to see in the flesh. If you have concerns, you should bring in an engineer to design such a thing.
Gabe
*Jeremy,When you put in one beam, you need a beam for each end to bear on. Then you need those beams to bear on the foundation or another beam that's on the foundation. Might be easier to tear off the roof and add larger rafters. Ask a P.E. about both approaches.Dan