1)      When a wall plane gets as opened up as this one to follow, this home designer draws a Detail in section to get framing and reinforcement where it ought to go to hold it strong and steady and not wibble-wobble ho hum ho.

a)     Windows over frame over transoms over 12 linear feet of beveled glass bifold doors.

b)     In today’s motive to open up the inside and bring the outside in, such Details in one form or another to adapt to a circumstance are not uncommon for Before The Architect 

Comment: The application represented in this home drawing was inspired by conversation with an engineer at (LE) Johnson Hardware, Inc, Elkhart, IN.  In the same vein that this home designer can say that his first internist never met a lab test she didn’t like; likewise, he never met an engineer that he didn’t like.  Especially so for structural engineers – you know, the guys put upon to shift liability away from the contractor.  They’ve all been some stand-offish at the get-go; nevertheless, once they understand that AG and The Missus are not fetching for a key to their deep pockets, relationships warm quickly. 

2)     The aim here is to keep the rattling wibble-wobble XE "wibble-wobble"  out of this highly amended partition

a)     Some relief comes from a crossing ceiling line between the window groupings, but not of itself judged sufficient to hold that well perforated wall stable

b)     AG determined that he had to go the extra mile to hold the partition steady, not for the windows but for the doors’ operation over time