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.

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 ...

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 ...

Many renovated buildings replace wood ... a load factor that can influence the collapse of a steel joist. The heavier the supported roof deck, the faster the collapse of heated steel roof beams.

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.

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.