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[#3] Posted: 04/04/2011 - 11:44:39 AM |  |  |
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That's exactly what it's for, it lines right up with the window in your last pic. It's hard to tell from what the slope is but I'm guessing that it's shallow enough your clients are better off without it.
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What Marc said, the trimmer joists and headers should have been doubled for a hole that size, whether they went ahead with the skylight or not.
Joist hangers might not be required, but why not add them anyway?
The fact that they didn't frame it to min standards indicates to me that this addition was either built without a permit or has not had the final approval for covering the ceiling.
Also, I might warn the clients of possible hidden screwups.
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Looks fine to me. If you wanted to be really conservative, you could add some joist hangers.
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I'd be concerned only if the roof has a very low slope and it's in an area that gets mountains of snow. I'd tell them it could use some joist hangers just to be safe though.
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Jim, you are correct in that it maybe actually meets the minimum standards.
But it looks like flaky work to me. Look at the attachment of the rafters. Those rafter cavities are not going to be ventilated, and that OSB is going to decay a bit after the insulation is stuffed up there and the drywall goes over it all. I think they should have a stud wall under the upper ends of those rafters. The rafters should run full length so that the rafter cavities can have continuous ventilation.
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Tell them to spray foam it. The entire assemblage becomes a monocoque, and you can skip the ventilation silliness. Of course it still needs to be attached well at the ledger.
John, you look at obstacles everyday that interrupt the ventilation path within a rafter cavity, why does this opening bug you?
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I wrote it up as suspect, no permits were found for the work. It was a medium slope and the ledger board was bolted to the wall as a deck ledger would be, no flashing visible. Moisture stains on rafters and sheathing, but not wet at the time of the inspection.
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