re: ATTN: contractors/engineers of the OB

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He said I run a serious risk of the whole damn roof caving in if I remove those headers.

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Not with a good temporary shoring plan, but you gotta pay extra for that if you can even find someone able and willing to assume liability.

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You need to remove the headers and use a double 2"x 12" or glue lam to span the distance.

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LVL or parallam will handle more load and it's cheaper. Glulams are good for exposed members.