We are interested in removing a portion of a wall that runs down the center of our house. The distance from the back wall to the front wall is 22'. The roof is engineered trusses. I would like to know how I can tell if the trusses were designed to span the total distance from back to front. The center wall goes from one end of the house to the other, like it was built to support the center of the trusses, like you were stick building the roof and ceiling.
There is a 6' opening in the wall but it has a header built into it. so the trusses don't span the whole distance.
Do I need to get an engineer to look at them or assume that they are built to span the total distance?
There is a 6' opening in the wall but it has a header built into it. so the trusses don't span the whole distance.
Do I need to get an engineer to look at them or assume that they are built to span the total distance?