Q. I'm getting ready to build a large room addition that needs a beam to support the floor joists. I've been told that a wood beam will work, but I've always seen steel I-beams in other houses.

Q: My house plan calls for steel beams that will support the floor joists and even parts of a brick wall. Can I substitute wood beams for steel? Is a steel I-beam hard to handle on the job site?

I’m building a new home with 2-by-6 exterior walls. Beams have to be installed over the top of all windows and doors. What’s a great way to insulate these, as the solid wood creating the beam ...

Wood beams can create this effect in rooms with ceilings ... For this, measure and mark on your wall where the center of the beams will be, as well as the inner edges. Then, use a chalk line ...

In the last house I built, I had two wood beams in one wall that supported tons and tons of weight. In the basement of the same house, I had large steel I-beams that spanned nearly 16 feet ...