I need understanding as to why there are smaller cut 2x4’s on the mid-bottom of these boards and why they are connected at only one side of the roof center and I just need it all clarified. It all looks weird to me and the answer was to find out why its sagging…I would have recommended a structural engineer to look at it…
Photo please.
With connections like that and scabbed 2x4s on the bottom, an engineer is a good recommendation. IMO
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Those look like scabbed 1x4s to me at the bottom of the 2x4s, which can add no benefit preventing buckling in that position and so add nothing to the 2x4s themselves. As someone else pointed out, the bottoms of the 2x4s may not be aligned over the joists below and may have been punching through the thin plywood flooring before someone had the bright idea to increase the cross section of the bases of the 2x4s with those scabbed on boards. If that’s the case, it’s unacceptable and needs a carpenter to have a look.
looks like some scrap 1x4 gussets