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thanks Bud! You have read the situation correctly - this is in the attic. I was thinking about a sister joist instead of Metal plate the other night. Would you sandwich both joists or is one sister joist enough? I will extend the overlaps like you recommended. I have a framing gun so will use...

I have! No excuses - I should have looked in the attic

thanks for the responses guys. I will contact a structural engineer. I did not get a permit thinking it was a non-load bearing wall - dumb me. There is another floor below - so i will have the engineer look into this as well - will probably have to open up the ceiling from underneath to inspect it.

Hi everyone - new to this forum. We recently bought a house and I shifted what I thought was a non-load bearing wall over by 1'. The wall (as i learned!) supports the ceiling joists which were lap-joined over the wall. On one side the span was 9', and 11' at the other. Now the spans are both 10'...