House problem

[Abolt]

Moved into our house 4 years ago but was built in 1997. So far everything about this house seemed well built with no short cuts taken.

My wife teaches and had been in the living room watching tv this afternoon. She and our 3yr old lab walked into the bedroom and then heard BOOM!!! Walked out and saw this!

The beam from the vaulted ceiling came crashing down with the fans and landed right where our dog normally sleeps.

After looking at they used nails to go vertical to the trusses and screws horizontally from ONE side!

I think if they had used screws going vertical or screws on both ends it would have held just fine.

Total damage is only two fans so we got real lucky!

 

[dok7mm]

Holy Moly !!!! It just goes to show you, a good deed never goes unpunished. Hope your friend likes his new rifle.

 

[HARPERC]

Glad no ones hurt. Sucks bad enough the way it is.

 

[FEENIX]

Glad no ones hurt.

Amen to that!

 

[can1010]

glad everybody is ok. being a contractor for many years that type of beam is cosmetic not structural. my main concern would be your electrical for fans

 

[HARPERC]

glad everybody is ok. being a contractor for many years that type of beam is cosmetic not structural. my main concern would be your electrical for fans

I did notice know that.

 

[Win.308Stealth]

How long were the screws that came in horizontally? Unless they were 7-10 inch lags, looks like they would have been useless. Because they would have never reached the truss. Sorry to see this happen to a homeowner. Glad nobody got hurt.

 

[snox801]

Holy crap could you imagine that Hiting your knees while watching tv. Glad every one was safe. Could t have fell any better.

 

[Abolt]

Yea it could have been bad, my wife doesn't want the beam back just the ceiling fans so will put them up once she picks out new ones.