Both wood and steel can make fabulous load-carrying beams ... and they must be connected properly to the beams. What’s more, you need solid bearing from the bottom of the column to the earth.

Removing a load-bearing wall helps homeowners widen ... Beams called architectural LVL beams are expensive because the wood is meant to be viewed, not covered up with drywall.

Floors sag because the load-bearing posts supporting a house beam are failing and/or the footings ... start by using a screwdriver to probe the base of your wood posts to reveal any rot that ...

but they are almost certainly still load-bearing. In a house that has an unfinished basement, finding the beams— typically a metal I-beam or a multi-board wood beam—is a good indication of ...

The wood species, the grade of the lumber ... He refused to have any interior load-bearing walls or beams and also wanted a floor that was as solid as concrete with no bounce in it.

What are some of the pros and cons of wood beams and of steel? A: Both wood and steel can make fabulous load-carrying beams. You can also make a hybrid beam of wood and steel. In the last house I ...

An engineered-wood product commonly used for beams and columns. Laminations are glued together ... A construction system in which the load-bearing elements are made of engineered components formed by ...

Question: How can you identify a load-bearing wall ... What are my options? Answer: Bearing walls have a mystic aura all their own. Plaster, drywall and wood-paneling finishes that are applied ...

Engineer told Bronx construction workers load-bearing beam was decorative, city says The New York City Department of Buildings found construction workers were pulling out essential bricks before a ...

Both wood and steel can make fabulous load carrying beams ... and they must be connected properly to the beams. What’s more, you need solid bearing from the bottom of the column to the earth.