As promised, the cracked valley beam previously supported by a 2x4 and a couple nails is now supported by a huge block of steel and a 4x4. The beam itself is also sandwiched between two sheets of plywood (which is in turn sandwiched by the steel) so it should be good and strong now.
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Here's the other side. Steel, bolts, good stuff all around!
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Here is the 'other' valley beam on the other side of the house. That light spot is where the wood had been compressed from the previous brace (you guessed it, a 2x4 and a couple nails). This will now have a shiny new 4x4 brace (which John is holding in this picture). In addition, that big center column will be supporting a lot of the weight previously supported by this brace.
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Here we see the worst day of the job for John. He is putting brackets at the base of all the rafters to better attach them to the walls.
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If you look closely, you can see the metal bracket on the rafter. One of those for every rafter in the house. Fun fun fun.
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And finally, here is what is NOT happening in my attic!
Up the street, someone else was having insulation blown into or sucked out of thier attic, and this happened: Yikes!
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