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Richard Seay is a non-member guest and is in no way affiliated with InterNACHI or its members.
2005 construction. Spliced rafters observed in several areas. This was approved by city building inspector. I recommended further evaluation by a structural engineer. How would you report this?
Richard Seay TREC #8363 |
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Here's a thread on this topic from a couple of months ago... http://www.nachi.org/forum/showthrea...ghlight=rafter .
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jlybolt is a non-member guest and is in no way affiliated with InterNACHI or its members.
In my opinion, and I know everyone will not agree with me, splices will work if properly supported. These splices were done in an ameteur fashion and I wouldnt want them in my house. Good luck in finding a 30 foot long 2x for framing here in Texas. Its hard to say, but is that a purlin support in that picture. If so it doesnt appear to be the same size as the rafter and some of the collar ties appear to be improper spacing. By the way, what was the spacing on those rafters?
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Ahh, those are nothing. How about these splices. Done by the owner of the home who is a residential contractor. A fire had damaged this portion of the home and those ends of the original rafters were destroyed. He supposedly cut back to good wood.
They must be correct, I mean he IS a contractor, right? Stephen Stanczyk Washington State Licensed Home Inspector # 221 Structural Pest Inspectors License # 71043 Vice-President, Washington Association of Property Inspectors (WAPI) (253) 241-0602 calls answered until 10pm Safe Haven Inspections Puyallup Home Inspectors - Olympia Home Inspectors Tacoma Home Inspectors - Bellevue Home Inspectors Pierce County -Thurston County - King County - Snohomish County Last edited by sstanczyk; 3/22/09 at 2:28 AM.. |
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jlybolt is a non-member guest and is in no way affiliated with InterNACHI or its members.
Nice picture
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Last edited by mboyett; 10/2/07 at 10:50 AM.. |
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jlybolt is a non-member guest and is in no way affiliated with InterNACHI or its members.
How is going Mike? How is Austin. I live in Conroe Tx now but sure wish I was back in Austin.
I was refering to the member near the a/c ductwork in the first picture about mid span. If it is purlin it doesnt look like it has sufficient bracing and looks like a 2x4. |
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Conroe! Holy smokes...you have to compete with John McKenna now, right? Austin's still doing well, we have not been hammered by the RE down turn like other parts of the country (yet) and Sept was my best month so far this year. Anyway, I agree, that does look like a purlin in photo #1.
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Richard A. Hetzel is a non-member guest and is in no way affiliated with InterNACHI or its members.
Spliced rafters are not permitted by the IRC, period, whether they work or not.
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I can't see any splices, all I see are 2x's nailed to the sides of rafters.
Kenton Shepard, InterNACHI member # 04082383 Certified Master Inspector (CMI) EXPERT WITNESS Director of Green Building Director for International Development (303) 717-8940 (303) 258-8289 |
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Richard A. Hetzel is a non-member guest and is in no way affiliated with InterNACHI or its members.
Look closer. They're definitely spliced.
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That they are.
Looks like they used rafters from another building to build this one, but they were too short. ha. ha. Homeowner Cousin most likely, and he told them he could save them a ton of money. ha. ha. Marcel Cyr Home and Commercial Property Inspections IAC2 Certified NACHI04070211 http://co.nachi.org/inachiawards Commercial Builder CertainTeed Master Shingle Applicator Shingle Technology Ouellet Associaties Inc. http://www.oaconstruction.com/ |
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Did they space the OSB as per mfgrs. specs?
Roof and walls! "I create controversy whether they like it or not" |
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1/8 inch!
"I create controversy whether they like it or not" |
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Yep. Yep, I had trouble, but see it now. Bad framing.
Kenton Shepard, InterNACHI member # 04082383 Certified Master Inspector (CMI) EXPERT WITNESS Director of Green Building Director for International Development (303) 717-8940 (303) 258-8289 |
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