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So the section of the roof beam that is supported by the wall is spliced at both ends and is about ten feet long, dropped into the beams either side. It is a terraced house and the wall (if that’s what we call it) is in the centre and is, I presume a continuation of the wall below, so there...

I’m a little surprised that building a wall was the path of least resistance to support the purlin beam, there isn’t one the other side, I wasn’t too worried about the purlin being cantilevered, more that it seems to be slipped but as mentioned I know very little about it, thank you for the replies

Hi all and thanks for reading ( presuming you do of course) So I went up into my sisters attic the other day to have a look at putting some boards down to increase her storage space as she has 2 lads and not a lot of room, I am not a builder but was still dubious when I saw a wall holding up a...