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what's wrong? It's resting on the roof.

LVLs are manufactured with the veneers running vertically and only a few small knots. Their strength is constant with depth, unlike glulam beams which often use a better grade of lumber for the top & bottom and lower grades in the middle. Ripping an LVL will produce less change in strength than ripping a 2-by which can have large knots.
 
mtlogcabin said:
Aren't you in a pretty high wind area? Doesn't the beam need to have a 1000 pound strap installed connected to a post and a 1000 pound anchor? How is that going to be accomplished? I am looking at 2009 R602.10.3.2 Method ABW: Alternate braced wall panels. and thinking it should apply to this opening.
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they have fixed it and installed the ties all the way to the piers. Brace walls are also all set with it connected on an inside corner of a home with continuously sheathed walls.
 
I take it his is a garage door? Just move the post over to the right where the beam has full bearing, pour a new concrete pad under the post that will support the weight.....and park your car on its side.
 
screen porch addition, 12 x 20 on an existing deck with new footings. the roof line is a real trip. they put a gable next to the exiting gable on the first plan then got confused when about how they were going to deal with the lack of pitch where the 2 roof lines tied in. The second plan then came in with a funky cricket type detail to go between the 2 roof lies forming 2 valleys that dump out where the addition attaches to the house. Upon inspection I also found that the elevations were different than on the plan, the cricket did not exted the 2 valleys to the end of the house, thus creating the same bowl effect as the first plan. They still seem confused by it all.
 
bgingras said:
ok, BUT a website discribing the manufacturing process is way different than a manufacturer specifiying that their product may be modified in such a way.
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I recieved a response from the APA helpdesk to this question;

Can I rip LVL's in the field and not lose the stated design values for

the product? In other words if I rip a 14" lvl down to 7.25" is it the

same as a factory supplied 7-1/4" lvl?
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The response was as expected but well stated... make sure his calcs or table is for this lvl;

If the ripped LVL is from the same producer, and of the same species and grade, and the same size as the "factory supplied" member the characteristics will be the same.
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A second king post 2x at the end should give adequate bearing, need to check if adequate section left at support for shear.
 
Lots of cutting for a bad install, there looks to be enough room to have rested the full high LVL heal on the exteror wall with a post. Or now close the end in a foot and put a post and proper bearing undeg the post
 
It's a piece of engineered lumber - let the engineer recommend a solution.

My money would be on something like "Replace the........"
 
We obviously do not fully understand the value and strength of structural air! Silly rabbits!
 
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