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Jerry Peck · #8 (**permalink**) 05-15-2007, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Richard Stanley

IRC 802.7 Structural roof members (rafters) shall not be cut etc., etc.,
IRC 804.3.7 Rafters .... shall not be spliced. When I see it, its referred to a PE.
I have, however, seen the splice in Thoms pic, prescribed and documented, by a PE. I would not take it upon myself to recommend that fix nor assume that the same one in another setting would be the correct one.

Rick,

IRC, R802.7 Cutting and notching. Structural roof members shall

not be cut, bored or notched in excess of the limitations specified
in this section.

This section refers to wood, and one could think of that as a cut or notched piece, cut or notched all the way through. Either way, it is now "end jointed" (the ends are joined), 'spliced' if you prefer.

IRC, SECTION R804, STEEL ROOF FRAMING ...

That section refers to steel roof framing only, as Thom pointed out, thus it is not applicable to wood roof framing.

To me, recommending a structure engineer (not just a PE) to "design appropriate repairs" would be the recommended way to address this. *IF* the structural engineer come back and says 'no repair needed', that is still what you recommended, it is the 'appropriate' repair.