Framing an attic opening
I have a shed with attic trusses 16" OC. One was cut to put in stairs and they attached the cut bottom choirs to the new header with joist hangars. This has been working fine for a long time and 16" OC is probably overkill anyways but I know joist hangars aren't really for tension loads so it's bugging me. Is there a better option I could replace it with? Maybe something that bolts through? I did actually try to find an engineer to ask because I really am curious what the Right Way to do this is but after 2-3 weeks the only one that even returned my call wanted $1000 dollars just to send someone to look at it and then it would have been more to get drawings. Which I can't do right now. submitted by /u/hahanoob [link] [comments]
I have a shed with attic trusses 16" OC. One was cut to put in stairs and they attached the cut bottom choirs to the new header with joist hangars. This has been working fine for a long time and 16" OC is probably overkill anyways but I know joist hangars aren't really for tension loads so it's bugging me. Is there a better option I could replace it with? Maybe something that bolts through?
I did actually try to find an engineer to ask because I really am curious what the Right Way to do this is but after 2-3 weeks the only one that even returned my call wanted $1000 dollars just to send someone to look at it and then it would have been more to get drawings. Which I can't do right now.
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