Gable end with lots of windows...bracing question
Gable end with lots of windows...bracing question
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I was asked about the best way to brace a gable end wall with a lot of windows. It is 2x6 construction with pre-engineered trusses with a vaulted ceiling. Attached is a picture from the outside and I will post of a couple from the inside. Would installing a plywood ceiling on the vaulted ceiling work?






RE: Gable end with lots of windows...bracing question
RE: Gable end with lots of windows...bracing question
RE: Gable end with lots of windows...bracing question
Too bad nobody asked you before they started construction, but so it goes. (it also looks like there could be issues with how the roof load is resolved at the gable end and/or rafter bearing)
RE: Gable end with lots of windows...bracing question
What about installing some columns from floor to roof on the inside of the wall? They could wrap it with sheetrock and have a boxed in column.
What about installing a beam on the underside of the trusses from wall to wall? One in the center and one on each side about halfway between the center and the end walls?
RE: Gable end with lots of windows...bracing question
If I look at that second picture right, you have a hinge running above the door and windows each side of the door. Will be ok until the wind blows....alot.
RE: Gable end with lots of windows...bracing question
Dik