Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Aug 17, 2009 9:41 am Hello Someone has cut through part of the top of the support frame in a new house (follow link: http://s803.photobucket.com/albums/yy31 ... mview=grid). On the outter side of the support frame is the brick wall for the side of the house. The innerside of the frame will be a wall for the garage. Above this section of frame is the lower end of the roof. There is nothing but roof above that garage. As you can see there there are no noggins in this section at present. Something needs to be done to reinforce ("tie together") the two studs given that the top has been weakened. Does any have any ideas? Thank you in advance. Re: HELP - Weakened Frame 3Aug 17, 2009 12:00 pm I agree with borg, it shouldn't be a problem but a noggin on edge directly under the top plate wouldn't hurt This is 100% true. You can not hang anything on steel frames. very frustrating 8 5346 Thanks Pulse, thats really helpful and very much appreciated. Also thanks for the pointer on sheathing, thats me watching too many american youtube videos! 6 2777 This certainly doesn't look good. I would be engaging with an independent inspector to have a look at this. As for the unscheduled site visits, most builders are quite… 1 28290 |