On 8/12/2020 8:31 PM, swalker wrote:
On Tue, 11 Aug 2020 22:25:17 -0700, pyotr filipivich
wrote:


Greetings

I'm intending to add a two foot square window to a shed which is
being converted into shop space. The wall is load bearing, there is a
loft and the joist holding that up are attached to the studs I'll have
to cut.
So, header to spread the load. I'm reading about they need to be
wide (tall) enough: And they run from six to 10".

Recommendations?

Sooner or later someone is going to tell you to get an engineer to
look at it.

Somewhere in this thread it the OP said that the shed was about 10'X10'.

At that size what ever he uses for a header should be OK.

If we were talking about shed twice the size, then load stress and load
bearing walls would obviously need to be consider as there is a lot more
weight on the side wall.

I forget if he said the shed was permanent, ie water electricity, on a
foundation or other; but in our area the only way the building inspector
becomes involved is if the shed is greater the 10'X12' and permanent.