structures 101: what holds up that ceiling?

So what was going on inside that ceiling?? I’m a little behind Kim and Scott in telling the story, so if you haven’t peeked at their blog already and seen, below are some photos of the demo and what we discovered (or they discovered, since they were the ones swinging the hammers!) when the drywall finally started coming down. But first, a quick lesson in Structures. Even with it being my least favorite class in grad school I was still able to grasp the basics and the first one is simple: You don’t want to span longer distances than you…