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Old 06-22-2007, 07:26 PM
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Re: Beam
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The tip of a 16 foot beam, appears cut at 45 degrees, is supporting a 2x6 laying flat. This is wrong correct?
I can't make heads nor tails of this.

Which is the 16' beam? The member coming in from the left or the other one?

How is the beam cut at 45°? Is the bottom of the beam shorter than the top. Top shorter than the bottom? One side shorter than the other?

You say the beam is supporting a 2X6. (Perhaps you meant to say the beam is supported by a 2X6.) Which member is the 2X6? Is it the member laid flat below what may be the beam? Or is it the vertical member with the large knot?

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Allow portions of the beam should be contacting the 2x6.
Allow what? I don't understand that.

To answer what I think you are asking . . . the beam must have proper end support of at least 1 1/2" across its width. I'm not sure which member above the 2X laid flat is the beam in question but it is not properly supported (whichever one it is).
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