Load Bearing Wall Gable Roof

Load bearing walls are those walls in a structure that support the weight of the structure above.

Load bearing wall gable roof.

The load bearing capacity of a roof should be adequate to support not only the roof cladding materials such as tiles or shingles but also objects that sit on top of the roof like antennae satellite dishes air conditioning units solar hot water systems and solar photovoltaic panels. The roof structure and second floor structure defines largely where load bearing points are located. Side walls are primary load bearing walls in simple gable end framing but hip roofs and complex roof lines depend on more than just the side. A gable roof is a roof that slopes downward from a central ridge to a building s exterior walls on two.

Another way gable end frames are different from trusses placed in the interior of the structure is that frames experience perpendicular wind loads. Most exterior walls bear some load of a house while interior load bearing walls can typically be parallel to the roof ridge of the home and tend to run perpendicular to the floor joists. Identifying if the wall is load bearing is an easy procedure. Ceiling joists that meet over the wall indicate that it s a bearing wall.

The outside walls are supporting the roof so they re bearing walls. Bearing walls that are carrying a roof load must transfer that load to a footing. Simply look in the crawl space or basement to identify the presence of a mid point stem wall or piers crawl space or bearing wall under the wall above basement. A beam directly under a wall usually means that it s a bearing wall whether the beam is in a crawl space basement or on the main floor.

These walls directly support roof trusses or rafters. The gable end frame is designed to transfer vertical loads from the roof to the continuous bearing wall below. Load bearing walls support the weight of a floor or roof structure above and are so named because they bear a load.