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How to calculate load bearing steel plate
I have two posts in the attic which are holding the roof, as you can see in the Existing.pdf.
The post on the right is supported by an horizontal parallam installed on the ceiling
(not shown in the picture). I need to remove this post.
The solution is to install two parallams on the roof, as shown in New.pdf, and to transfer
the load to the bearing wall 6 ft to the right. I need to brace the parallams with a steel plate.
To ease the installation and fabrication, I can split the steel plate in A and B, separate pieces,
held together by C, one piece. Both ensembles twice, one on each side of the parallam.
The steel plates are shown bellow the parallam for clarity, but will be installed right on the joint.
The roof point I am trying to solve is shown by the arrow in the 3D picture.
The roof is Presidential synthetic tiles, pretty light. The drawings have the correct scale.
If somebody help with calculating the dimensions of the parallam and the steel plates I would
greatly appreciate it.