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Partial cut.
One year old home. There is a partial cut in the top of this I-Joist. It goes from about 1/2 inch at one side of the the flange to nothing at the other side (first photo). The joist is well supported by top plates below. The builder had the truss manufacturer's "Strategic Sales Rep" (not the manufacturer's engineer) out to to have a look and he said no problem. The builder did have an engineer come out as well. The only comment the engineer made was "I defer to the Truss rep's opinion" but would not address the issue himself.
The floor sheathing was cut out at this area because of a large dip in the floor that the homeowner was concerned about. Turns out that where sets of floor trusses meet up perpindicular to each other, the tops of the flanges were not at the same heights (about 1/2 inch difference at the meeting point, second photo) which was causing the sheating to dip down rather noticeably. I'm not sure why the truss tops were not flush other than poor workmanship.
Customer wants to know if they should get an engineer's letter stating that there is nothing wrong here. So far no one wants to put anything in writing. My thought is engineer inspection and a written statement that this area either is, or is not problematic structurally
Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Eric
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