Exterior Wall Roof Load

In this roof design the exterior walls on which the roof s sloping rafters rest are load bearing walls.

Exterior wall roof load.

Loads are transferred downward and outward through sloping rafters the lower ends of which rest on the top plates of the exterior walls. When wind hits the exterior wall of a building the wind s energy disperses upward and downward along the wall. Roof and wall sheathing gravity and wind loads floor diaphragms and shear walls. The vertical load on the roof is transferred to the walls.

Posts on either side of the openings support the beams. The upward movement of the wind exerts an uplift load on the roof and. Exterior walls are almost always load bearing. Exterior walls are walls that form the perimeter or outer footprint of a house.

The distance in this case is 12 ft 2 ft 14 ft. Is an exterior wall load bearing. The exterior wall and the headers within will carry all loads from the mid point of the house between the supporting walls to the outside of the house including the roof overhang. Foundation wall gravity and soil lateral loads headers girders joists interior load bearing walls and columns footings gravity loads exterior load bearing walls and columns gravity and transverse lateral load 3 roof rafters trusses and beams.