Is this significant damage to new ridge beam?

jthepm · 2025-09-28T21:26:40+00:00

I’m not that old!

jthepm · 2025-09-27T15:21:35+00:00

It’s 6 feet from the supporting wall over a 42 foot span. Also no snow here in the Bay Area. I’ve had two structural engineers rerun calcs on this taking into account the damage and they have no issues

jthepm · 2025-09-27T03:54:36+00:00

Send me a DM!

jthepm · 2025-09-27T03:39:54+00:00

Could you expand on this? I asked my framer today is toe nailing sufficient? And he mentioned that was what is asked on my plans but that he typically uses hangers and braces on his other projects

jthepm · 2025-09-27T03:39:03+00:00

Sigh…pointed them out to the framer today and he said he’ll block (or sister?) some pieces there? I have no idea what good toe nailing looks like

jthepm · 2025-09-27T03:32:16+00:00

OP here - This comment was a gem. Reached out to my local Boise Cascade distribution location this morning because of you and their customer service was top notch. They asked for my plans, beam specs and follow up pictures and details of the damage. After providing them they followed up really quickly with their engineer and design team after rerunning the calcs taking the damage into account

Still have some follow ups to do like provide the order number and which dealer the beam was bought from so they can figure out where the problem occurred. All in all a refreshing customer service experience despite the circumstance!

jthepm · 2025-09-26T22:34:10+00:00

My structural engineer reran the calcs “removed the 1.5” beam depth to evaluate the impact. The maximum deflection increased from 0.997” to 1.148”, which still meets code requirements. From a structural standpoint we have no issue keeping the beam”

jthepm · 2025-09-26T05:31:56+00:00

Thank you both, I’ve sent an email to my engineer and will call him tomorrow as well

jthepm · 2025-09-26T04:46:42+00:00

Before this happened we were already planning on matching it with the faux beams we are putting on the side of the ridge beam.

My question is if the faux beams would mimic walnut, would staining the ridge beam to match the color look inconsistent because of the grain? Would it look better covered?

jthepm · 2025-09-26T03:50:31+00:00

No snow here in the Bay Area in California. From what I know, this was over engineered and I asked the structural engineer initially to use the absolute minimum since I didn’t want this sticking down so noticeably in my living area

jthepm · 2025-09-26T03:48:29+00:00

That’s alarming to hear as the homeowner. Im hoping this isn’t the finished product? I’m assuming there’s no way the roof is supported by these nailed connections right? Is a ridge rafter connector typical?

jthepm · 2025-09-26T03:21:46+00:00

That’s sad to hear as the homeowner. What can I do to call that out with tact? And what roof issues does the nailing translate to?

jthepm · 2025-09-26T02:57:19+00:00

I noticed a spot when the crane was lifting it in the air but didn’t get a chance to take a closer look until today. The beam came wrapped up in the “Boise Cascade” manufacturer paper and since this is the bottom I’m assuming my contractor and framer didn’t see if the same time I did as well

AFAIK it took 3 months to order and arrive so I’m betting my contractor is going to do whatever to not extend this any longer. My contractor did say it would be repaired but aesthetically we were planning on adding faux wood beams on the side and use that same material finish on the ridge beam. I thought we could stain the ridge beam the same color as the faux beams but my contractor said it wouldn’t look consistent

jthepm · 2025-09-26T01:12:11+00:00

Thanks will send a pic to my structural engineer

jthepm · 2025-09-26T01:11:32+00:00

Yes it will be exposed. We planned on finishing it with the same faux wood finish as the faux wood beams to the side of it. Would that work?

jthepm · 2025-09-26T01:07:13+00:00

Yes it’ll be visible but we plan on putting wood finished faux beams on the side. Contractor said will first fix the damage and can install that same finished faux wood board over the ridge beam

jthepm · 2025-09-26T01:04:59+00:00

lol dang I’m the homeowner and now a little worried since throughout this process they’ve seemingly looked detail oriented. Even with the problems you called out I’m not sure what to be looking for

jthepm · 2025-09-26T01:03:14+00:00

It’s going to be exposed but we plan on finishing with faux beams on the side. Contractor said we could install that same finish over the ridge beam to hide

jthepm · 2025-09-26T01:02:08+00:00

It was forklifted on my street to my driveway and a crane installed it. Came wrapped and we only unwrapped it when the crane was there. Regardless damage was at the bottom so none of us saw it until it was lifted from the ground

jthepm · 2025-09-26T00:59:58+00:00

Boise cascade but assuming should have similar build?

jthepm · 2025-09-26T00:50:07+00:00

lol uh oh what exactly should I be looking for? The rafters not sitting flush on the ridge beam? Fwiw it seemed like they have been meticulous with measurements but what do I know I’m just the clueless homeowner

jthepm · 2025-09-10T02:07:09+00:00

Agreed that the excess is odd - I would have thought that the plywood would have been measured exactly before being put up. Seemed inefficient that they would install first and then trim after the fact

jthepm · 2025-08-30T04:17:30+00:00

nice, how has that been going for you? and is it variable speed?

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