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rbnice1
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Imperial, MO

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Re: New home build framing question.

Ahhh yes. The other house that the wall and beam are slightly different does have the back wall pushed out 4 foot in the living room area.(optional upgrade.)
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Yes this is a house being built in a neighborhood by a builder. They are building 3 other homes right now in the neighborhood, and 1 other builder is building 2 other houses as well.

AVD
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said by BrewBoy5:

I showed the pictures to my structural engineer today. Concerning the rim joist he said it is not an issue, as I said, it is a compression load and the majority of the weight is transferred to the joists anyway. As far as the top plates, he said it's up to the inspector to determine it a steel tie strap would be required, there is not enough information in the pictures make a judgement. By the way he is a licensed structural engineer in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Colorado.

How about the steel beam bearing?
BrewBoy5
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How about the steel beam bearing?

The OP stated in an prior post that the contractor comes back at a later date and secures and grouts the beam. Standard procedure.

Msradell
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said by BrewBoy5:

How about the steel beam bearing?

The OP stated in an prior post that the contractor comes back at a later date and secures and grouts the beam. Standard procedure.

True but the shims that are now in place are not adequate even if they are going to be grouted!

rbnice1
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Imperial, MO

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They added shims so it should be fine now. Just a sham they didnt have it right to begin with.

robbin
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Leander, TX

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New pic?

rbnice1
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So never got any pics of the shims but basically they doubled them up so the shims run the width of the opening so there is no chance of them slipping off like they were.

As far as updated they have it basically finished framing.











Will be going by tomorrow they actually have the rafters done and most the sheathing.

koma3504
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Holy cow that need to be fixed right. Other wise wait for problems with walls moving and cracks start showing up in the sheetrock later on down the line.