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My advice - get some contractors in there to check it out ASAP!!!! Did I mention ASAP? A friend of mine had some suspect looking beams, etc. in his house after adding a second story. One night he and his wife were going to bed, and heard some very loud cracking. The house was trying to fall apart. Somehow he wedged some beams in there temporarily. SCARY!!!! Don't try to do it yourself - get some experts in there. Get 4, 5, or 6 contractors in there to check it out, and then you be the judge of the most honest/knowledgable, etc. Get on this man, or your layout could be the least of your problems. That bulging area of wood is a sign it's seeing some major load that it shouldn't be seeing. Did I mention ASAP??? (only sounding so rude because this could be a very urgent situation). And no, I'm not a contractor, but a mechanical engineer. That wood does not look good. Also - your plan does not sound like it fixes the problem. It sounds like you're going to rip a bloody bandaid off of a wound and replace it with a new bandaid. It's time to fix the situation properly, not just reset your previous problem. Disclaimer: Just talking from the basis of common sense and being a mechanical engineer. I don't know jack about house construction.
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