Both wood and steel make fabulous load carrying beams. I've used both materials for decades in all sorts of situations. In fact, you may not realize this, but you can mix the two making a hybrid ...

Pound-for-pound, a given LVL beam delivers greater load-bearing capacity than the most perfect solid-sawn lumber of the same dimension. ... beams and the flanges for wood I-joists.

Both wood and steel can make fabulous load carrying beams. I’ve used both materials for decades in all sorts of situations. In fact, you may not realize this, but you can mix the two making a ...

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.

When you replace a load-bearing wall with a load-bearing beam, you create a larger, more useful floor area and give your home a feeling of spaciousness. In this story, ...

Q. Can you tell me a few things about the wood beam I uncovered while doing a plumbing repair? How is it possible for this beam to carry the load of everything above it? I’m worried it might ...

Peikko Delta-beams were used as the primary supporting structure, which together with solid wood ceilings form the uppermost floor slab. Wood and steel were bonded with dowels and concrete. With this ...

Professional contractors explain how to know if a wall is load-bearing before you start planning renovations to prevent heartbreak – and headaches, down the line ...

How to identify a load-bearing wall. To identify interior load-bearing walls, start in the basement or the lowest level of the house and look for beams or columns that appear to hold the weight of ...

Part 4 — More Types of Beams You Are Likely to Encounter Welcome back to the "Behold the Beam" series of articles. In part three (Firehouse®, September 2010) of the series, we ...