Rafter Roof Load Bearing Wall

Coupled unstrutted ridge support.

Rafter roof load bearing wall.

I cannot find any information pointing to the need for an interior load bearing wall with this design. I am about to do some wall removal where the homeowner does not want a header between the rooms after the wall comes out. Rafters 12 ceiling joists 15 hanging beams member16 underpurlins 17 strutting beams 18 roof beams 20 verandah beams 22 garage roof. Any joist or wall with a wall directly above running parallel might be a load bearing wall.

Determination of roof load width determination of floor load width. In lower storey load bearing walls. This house is a side split house and the area we are talking about is the side with no upper floors. The tables permit a bearing length of up to 3 5 inches but since 1 5 is probably the worst case that you ll encounter for joist or rafter bearing it s a safe value you can get the compression perpendicular to grain design value for various species selected from the addendum that comes with design values for joists and rafters.

Lw trussed roof. The homeowner insists it is not a load bearing wall because the roof is built with a frame type trusses. Rafter span tables use these tables to determine lengths sizes and spacing of rafters based on a variety of factors such as species load grade spacing and pitch. The wall you are wanting to remove is not a bearing wall by looking at the framing in the attic and the roof lines of the house.

Additionally a wall parallel to and within 2 or 3 feet of the joist may also be load bearing. Just to be on the side of caution i would install an 8ft 4x4 directly centered under the splice with lag bolts and remove the vertical. In this roof design the exterior walls on which the roof s sloping rafters rest are load bearing walls.