I've got a truss related question.
We have a (diy) home owner who has a ranch house about 26'x40'. (estimated 40 feet, probably more, not shown on plans) They want to remove an interior wall which seperates two bedrooms at about mid point, 13 feet of the 26 foot length, and put a new wall in about 4 feet over to enlarge one bedroom and create a smaller bathroom for the bedroom.
I asked them to provide information showing that this was not a bearing wall holding up the ceiling that they are removing. Their comment back to me was that the ceiling and roof above is a truss which spans the entire 26 feet at two outside points and that the interior wall is only an interior wall not used for support. The truss will not be changed in any way. They also indicated that the floor joists run the same direction as the ceiling truss and sit on top of a steel beam in the basement. The steeal beam runs perpendicular at mid span or 13 feet. To me this means that the spans are correct for this to be an interior bearing wall as the floor joists certainly sit directly below on top of the steel beam.
Having never used a truss in my entire time as an architect, is this a true statement? The truss is designed to span the overall length in small homes like this?
We have a (diy) home owner who has a ranch house about 26'x40'. (estimated 40 feet, probably more, not shown on plans) They want to remove an interior wall which seperates two bedrooms at about mid point, 13 feet of the 26 foot length, and put a new wall in about 4 feet over to enlarge one bedroom and create a smaller bathroom for the bedroom.
I asked them to provide information showing that this was not a bearing wall holding up the ceiling that they are removing. Their comment back to me was that the ceiling and roof above is a truss which spans the entire 26 feet at two outside points and that the interior wall is only an interior wall not used for support. The truss will not be changed in any way. They also indicated that the floor joists run the same direction as the ceiling truss and sit on top of a steel beam in the basement. The steeal beam runs perpendicular at mid span or 13 feet. To me this means that the spans are correct for this to be an interior bearing wall as the floor joists certainly sit directly below on top of the steel beam.
Having never used a truss in my entire time as an architect, is this a true statement? The truss is designed to span the overall length in small homes like this?