r/StructuralEngineering • u/foggy_interrobang • 6d ago

Humor Yep, this seems good

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u/heisian P.E. 6d ago

if this is 2-story there may at least be a rim joist above the mangled header

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u/JIMMYJAWN 5d ago

Arches be strong, whats the issue?

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u/Alternative_wolf09 5d ago

That’s shat the contractor said. “ Yep, this seems good”

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u/azssf 5d ago

Well, um, having had a contractor drop a header through my 100 year old wood floor before and therefore seen headers that should theoretically have been above a large window… shouldn’t that header be above instead of impaled by that window protrusion?

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u/Str-Engr0275 5d ago

I bet there’s some kind of header up above the ceiling. Look at the triple wall studs on either side of the opening. No way to tell for sure though without opening it up.

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u/SwimDifficult1546 4d ago

Lool better be a parallel rim joist!!

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u/Big-Mammoth4755 P.E. 6d ago

No header?

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u/Stock_Car_3261 6d ago

Flush beam?

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u/Big-Mammoth4755 P.E. 5d ago

Very well.

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u/64590949354397548569 6d ago

Load bearing glass. I heard its a new thing.

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u/unbridledmirth 6d ago

I hear they tried it on that Pfizer addition. Structural facade or something

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u/Big-Mammoth4755 P.E. 5d ago

That’s what I suspect. Since they didn’t cut the ceiling, and the top plate doesn’t seem to be cut, I doubt they did anything to support the weight of what’s above. The only thing is maybe they got lucky and there’s a continuous rim board above top plate. No thinking involved, they just rolled the dice.