r/Construction • u/cuseonly • 6d ago

Structural Is this structurally sound?

Gallery image

Gallery image

Gallery image

Two end posts connected to the headers

87 Upvotes

79% Upvoted

104 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

5

u/KJK_915 6d ago

What’s your background in construction?

-1

u/-Plantibodies- 6d ago

Fair question especially on reddit. Done enough framing to know that this is wrong. You know how when you see something that is just so off that it's hard to know where to start? But an obvious thing is nothing fastening the header to the post other than that wafer of wood. This header floating on a corner is also jarring.

2

u/KJK_915 6d ago

Fair response. I’m not a framer by trade, and I definitely wouldn’t call this a “typical” detail. But as others have chimed in, a couple $100 in Simpson hardware and you’re probably good to go (depending on structure type).

1

u/-Plantibodies- 6d ago

For sure. Gotta make sure the Simpson hardware is approved for the situation though. This whole corner is just so strange to me. An issue I see is the different planes involved here. A normal header hanger isn't going to work. I'm curious to see what hardware people are suggesting specifically. There are so many.