ClearCalcs returns an error message if a ganged header is wider than it is tall when checking for weak axis bending. Why? I have a header made with four 2x4s that needs to be checked for loads acting normal to the weak axis of each member but can’t. The work-around is that I have to divide the loads by two and use a header with only two members but there is no engineering reason for this limitation that I can think of.
For what it’s worth, this is a header actually with four stacked 2x4s on the flat. I am applying gravity loads as if creating weak axis bending. Yes, it is an odd detail but the program should allow me to consider it this way with four members.