If one extends supporting poles or rods from the schach up to attach to overhead house beams, does this create an invalid two-schach-layer situation?
Synopsis
Extending poles from schach to overhead beams to support the schach does not violate the two-layer prohibition if the beams are not schach themselves and the poles merely serve structural support.
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