Posted 4 years ago
Design to replace load bearing joist to widen clear opening
Draughting Services
Richmond, Tasman
There has been an extension to our house. See picture attached. As part of this there is a joist already going to support the roof (skillion Roof above). Unfortunately it does not go to one exterior wall, so I want to extend this a further 900mm and remove existing HWC cupboard.
Currently the opening is 2,140mm wide. The beam is made up of 2x 190x50mm wide joists glued together. I want to extend this to become 900mm wider, moving the support from the wall in the HWC cupboard to the outside wa...