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To make a long story short, please check the picture that I took. There are 2 vertical load bearing studs are not parallel. The contractor moved one of the studs to the left at the bottom.
Is that OK to be like that? Or it will be a potential problem in the future?
Thanks in advance!
Instead of using king studs on either side of the header, use jack studs.
The jack studs take the load from the cripple and transfer it vertically to the floor. You could attach to king studs as you showed, but the problem is you now have to worry about sheer strength as well.
OK, I've had remodelers tell my wife that those walls are not load bearing (they didn't go into the attic).
Meanwhile, I've had a friend from church with framing experience look closely in the attic and say I definitely need to transfer the load being carried by these boards and walls and have at least one board to keep the roof from racking away from the rest of the house.
While drawing the diagram in my heavily edited question, I came to see how there must be some load on these few vertical boards, so I'm going that route recommended by my friend.
I'll cut a few boards to go from the ridge-line beam to the nearby load bearing hallway wall and closet walls, toenail them in, then begin removing the existing partitioning walls below.
Best Answer
While the world won't end if it stays, the top of the stud should also be moved. It's easy to do and lazy not to. There are a few reasons:
More concerning are the places where joists rest on unsupported plates (due to the plates being cut completely out). Studs should be added against the duct cutouts to support those areas.