Take a moment and do the math. Let's say you have a ranch home, and the plans call for a 40-foot-long 8-by-17 beam. You can have that beam delivered to your building site.

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 ...

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. Is ...

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. Is it possible for ...

J.D.: Post-and-beam construction is an excellent method for building a residential house. Most of the many-century-old homes and buildings in Europe used post-and-beam construction. Nearly all ...

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Keep in mind that hollow steel round or square columns used to support beams can fail in a residential fire. Steel can’t easily burn, but once it gets hot it can bend and twist. Most engineers ...

Living spaces that make a feature of pre-existing beams are the focus of this lookbook, which includes examples of apartments ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Scout Motors announced its production center in Blythewood erected the first steel support beams on Wednesday. Officials said this marks another milestone in building the ...