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Notched rafter bearing
I am having a dispute with a builder over my call on some notched rafters that in my opinion should be bearing on the header framing. The missed cuts are leaving a 2-inch gap between the rafters and the side of the header of the upper level knee wall. He says it is fine and I am saying it is a weak point just as if it were an over-notched rafter. I need a lttle support (pardon the pun). The rafters are cut this way along the entire wall. They were shimmed to rest on top of the header but nothing keeping the notched area from breaking at the weak points under a wind load. The pic doesn't show it but these rafters continue on about 12 ft above the header.
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