HomeMy WebLinkAbout05050093-Correspondence2f) 1/2 West ~.in Streek Su~te B .(46032)
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Carmel, l~dia~ 46032-0742
October 6. 2005
6650
md LVL, Lot 71, Lakeside
'l'his morning t inspected tahe deep LVL above a large room on the fast floor or'this house under
constmctiot~. The LVL is 4-ply with a depth of 24 inches and a span of about 24 t~et. It supports a
bedroom on one side with a span of about 16 feet,. ~d a roof on the other side with a spv, a of about 16,
~et,On one eM the,,,~, LVL was sloped,, down for a disW~nce of about 3 feet to an end dimension of abou~
8 inches. The tresses on the sides supporting the roof bear on a knee wall made Of 2 × 6s that have a
~afing on the LVL equal to about 3 inches. Quesfio~ were raised about the strength of the LV[ at
~he sloped end mtd about the bearing of the knee wall.
I reconm~end that another member, at least a 2 x 6. be added to the roof side of the LVL to Md
bear/n~ to tke knee ~'all above.
A Technic'al Note, EWS S560E, l~om Engineered Wood Systems st~ows sloped ends should l~.ave a
minim,~ height at the end old/3 (in this case 8 inches) and a length not g~eater than 3d (~n this case
feet). Th/s LVL meets ~ese criteha. I estimated the unfactored shear stress crt the inside t~ce*~ of the
suppmt at 149.4 psL which iS considerably less than the allowable stress of 240 psi,
I there~bre conclude that the LVL witla its present eonfigaration is safe and structurally sound.
Vc;w~'~' truly yours,
Richa~xt O Albngb[ mc.