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.

(Tim Carter) Perspective by Tim Carter Q: I have this load-bearing post right in front of ... The top of the support column should also be bolted to the beam that rests on top of the post.

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.