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Vignette Second Try - Please Comment :)

PostPosted: Sat Sep 09, 2017 6:09 pm
by cdimey
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I am a bit confused about the following: In some online videos it will say you need to support the walls above with a beam. Ok, I understand that. But then it will say there is no need to provide a beam if the wall is exterior and continuous. This is kind of confusing to me. Is it because the interior walls are assumed not to be structural and therefore you need a beam and columns to support the exterior wall above? Are exterior walls assumed to be structural then?

Re: Vignette Second Try - Please Comment :)

PostPosted: Sat Sep 09, 2017 9:09 pm
by Coach
cdimey wrote:I am a bit confused about the following: In some online videos it will say you need to support the walls above with a beam. Ok, I understand that. But then it will say there is no need to provide a beam if the wall is exterior and continuous. This is kind of confusing to me. Is it because the interior walls are assumed not to be structural and therefore you need a beam and columns to support the exterior wall above?

It's assumed that the wall is interrupted by the low roof -- platform framing.

Are exterior walls assumed to be structural then?

If not adjacent low roof, tall wall is self-supporting.

Re: Vignette Second Try - Please Comment :)

PostPosted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 11:38 pm
by bauhausii
Don't you need a "beam" to support the door opening at the left bottom?

Re: Vignette Second Try - Please Comment :)

PostPosted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 1:30 am
by Coach
bauhausii wrote:Don't you need a "beam" to support the door opening at the left bottom?


No. And what's a "beam"?