mencheman

good morning

I am a looking to remove a load bearing wall carrying the attic space floor joist ,
it is essentially a crawl space attic, just hvac and duct work
the joist are 2x6 splice over the 2x4 load wall and then another continuous run has a header in the attic a 2x12 resting on the corner post and perimeter wall carrying 2x8 toe nailed

My question is i want to replace all with a 3x12 LVL by Louisianna pacific
run it from the perimeter walls to a load beaing post carried through to the cellar.
Can i use teco hanger and nail into the side of this LVL and where would i find the load bearing capacity.

AJAX

Your millwork guy should know the engineering specs. for all that.

framerman

You need an engineer to look at this. Don't mess with structure and assume it will be fine. If it fails you are liable for everything. Don't mess around with this.

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RobQuillin

I have always gone to my supplier and explained what I wanted to do. They will run the engineering specs on the LVL's and tell you the load points and even the hangers and how to connect the LVL's together.