JLC • NEW ENGLAND EDITION • JANUARY 1995
From time to time, we design ourselves
into a corner. The particular
corner of interest this month is the situation
where we just don't have room
for sufficient wood to hold things up
— where a second-floor girder meets a
wall directly above a sliding glass door.
This girder supports second-story floor
joists as well as a bearing wall carrying
the roof structure. All of this requires
tons of support for the end of the girder.
Because the girder rests above the
slider, a beam is needed to carry the
girder's load to solid wall framing at
either side of the door. But there just
isn't room for