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    Jun 25, 2009, 04:04 PM
    Cutting LVLs
    What is the formula for cutting LVLs that are flush to ceiling but need to be cut on top for the roof slope sitting on A 2x4 wall?
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    Jun 25, 2009, 06:11 PM

    We do not cut beams since any cutting weakens a beam. For example, you need a 4x12 lvl and you do what you are planning, taking a slope off the end so its only 6" high. Well you now have effectively created a 4x6 beam no longer able to carry what a 4x12 beam could carry. We sit our roofs above the top edge of the beam. Are you going to be inspected?
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    Jun 25, 2009, 06:16 PM
    Yes we are being inspected.
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    Jun 25, 2009, 06:19 PM

    Ask the inspector your question and see what he thinks. We follow the 2006 IBC and can not notch or cut beams.
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