Headers Question

[Eli Lawrence]

Hey, on the ceiling joist plan, why is there a 2-2x12x20' header going through the bedroom and garage sitting parallel to the ceiling joists. What's the purpose of this and why is this not shown on the other plans?

Thanks, 

[keltingcs]

We updated drawings in the important materials folder on 11/23 and the updated drawings don't show this. There is a triple 2x12 w/osb beam in that location in the garage. It is needed to brace the roof above with perlin bracing. The engineer does the math and often substitutes 2x12 sandwich beams with osb inbetween each 2x12 in place of traditional LVL beams when the math works out. It is less expensive.