Double Studs

I want to support a beam with double studs at one end. Is it best to just nail the two studs together and have the load coming down at one spot or is it better to space the double studs slightly apart with noggins in between to spread the load coming down?

Two studs nailed together.

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The process you are referring to is what’s known as “Lamination”. You can lamington a bit of 4x2 any way you like which can vary from triple spacing nail plates, to using 75mm (pending timber sizes) flathead nails. <O:p</O:p
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The best advice I can give you is to apply the requirements of AS1684 which stipulate that you must support to underside of concentrated loads. These can be justified by placing double studs directly below the load or by cantilevering the rafters not more than 6 x the depth of battens. <O:p</O:p
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Maybe you could use ceiling joists and bird-mouthed rafters with graded battens supported by 2x laminated centralised studs?<O:p</O:p
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Originally Posted by thebuildingins

or by cantilevering the rafters not more than 6 x the depth of battens. <O:p</O:p
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Maybe you could use ceiling joists and bird-mouthed rafters with graded battens supported by 2x laminated centralised studs?

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Can you explain that . . . . slowly.