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There is some bowing, and some cracking along the grain where the notches were cut. I met with an engineer this morning. He recommended 10 ft 2x6 sisters to be installed with vertical ties to the roof rafters. Probably over doing the fix but it's not too expensive and I will get some...

house was built early 1950s. The ends of the joists are tied to the front and rear walls of the garage. The joists and rafters are set every 15.5 inches. a few of the notches have overcuts that cut further into the remaining joist. edit: House is in Minnesota. Will have to deal with weight...

Looking at buying a house that has some issues in the Garage. The garage probably had manual swing open garage originally, and then they had motorized overhead garage doors installed later. Due to the low height of the ceiling joists from the floor they cut long notches in them to allow...