nail laminating the multi-ply header
Rafter Bearing and Anchorage … So, of course, the rafters need to `bear’ on (be supported by) something. For Linda’s Goat Barn the rafters will rest on `headers’. The design of the barn, remember, is `pole barn’, e.g., rafters supported …
… now for `deflection’ … So far we’ve been dodging the `deflection’ issue. `Deflection’ of a beam, rafter, girder, header … is how much the beam `bows’, or bends. For a beam or rafter supported at it’s ends, the deflection …