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    deb951 Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Dec 16, 2007, 09:54 AM
    Interior door header
    Im planning an an eight-foot framed opening in an interior wall between kitchen and family room. Interior wall runs parallel to the rafters supporting a gable roof. The wall is directly under one of the rafters. Is the wall load bearing? What size does the header need to be?
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    Dec 16, 2007, 07:46 PM
    Load bearing walls run perpendicular to the floor joists and rafters. The wording to part of your question is a little fizzy "paralell to the rafters supporting a gable roof" Rafters run perpendiuclar to the ridge of a gable so I don't know for sure what you were saying but in any event your wall does not sound like a load bearing wall.
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    Dec 18, 2007, 04:24 AM
    even though I would use at least a 2x8 beam made of two pieces of 2x8 with a piece of half inch plywood sandwiched between them for my header.
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