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Thanks again, Eddie
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Excellent point, esshup. As I noted in one my recent/previous posts, I am leaning toward the Rockytopper suggestion to use lam beams and x-floor trusses in between for the living space load on the second floor. I have direct communication available with Menard's supplier of lam beams and engineered I-joists. I used them before to help engineer a very similar project that we built a few years back. Once I get their recommendations for structural members, I'll shop it. I will also be able to convert their I-joist recommendations to x-joist and shop that, too.
Anyway, I'm having fun with this. I enjoy watchin' Rocky and Eddie kick my ideas around. That's how brainstorming is done. They're passionate about this stuff and I extract the things that help me get to the destination that I seek. The rest of it remains on file within this thread for reference and help down the road.