Hi as far as I know there has nothing been removed from the roof. Can I ask what you mean by binder timber? Yeah there is a load bearing wall right under the middle of the joists. Its the wall that seperates the 2 rooms below and then separates the 2 rooms downstairs.Hangers and binders are used in traditional cut roofs as woody says to keep the ceiling joist depths to a minimum. Has somebody removed the binder timber from your roof ? It is a bit odd anyway if there is a loadbearing wall under the middle of the joists.
A ceiling binder is a piece of timber laid across the tops (at 90 degrees to) of the ceiling joists and is there to supplement the ceiling timbers. Chunky binders can span wall to wall without support other need some help mid or 1/3rd span.Can I ask what you mean by binder timber
If the binder is fastened all the way along to the joists and the supports are screwed to the binder then screwed to the purlins then they are supporting the ceiling. Or is that not right?Those struts under the purlin, fixed like that, are supporting the purlin (or doing nothing if the purlin is self supported by the bearings) and are not doing anything to support the ceiling.
If the binder is fastened all the way along to the joists and the supports are screwed to the binder then screwed to the purlins then they are supporting the ceiling. Or is that not right?
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