Hey all,
I am in the process of finishing the basement at my cottage. We would like to remove a jack-post that is in a terrible position that would block most of the flow of the basement. Just looking for some advice on how to tackle this.
The cottage is about 27 x 21. Above the basement there is a main floor, above that there is half of a second floor. The second floor has a large open loft area. The beam is comprised of nominal 4 nominal 2x10's laminated together. There are jack-posts at 6 feet, 13 feet and about 20 feet. The beam is pocketed into the cinderblock. The area above the part of the beam I would like to remove is probably the lightest part of the structure. Above it is a living room and a bedroom and above that is the open loft area and a small sitting area. The washrooms and kitchen are all on the other side of the building.
Looking for some advice on how to safely go about removing the jack-post. Would any of these be viable options?:
1) remove jack-post and lag bolt the beam to increase the "lamination"
2) remove the whole section of beam...from the cinderblock to the second jack-post at 13 feet and replace the whole thing with something stronger. I would think this not a good option because the new beam would only have a few inches of bearing on the jack-post at 13 feet.
3) Remove the outside boards of the beam upto the 13foot second jackpost...so remove the bread from the sandwhich... and replace them with lvl boards laminated to the existing beam. So basically making a sandwhich with LVL boards as the bread.
4) flitch beam.
any other suggestions are appreciated!!!
note: I do have experienced people working with me. We will not simply cut the jackpost etc. Everything will suported so the building doesn't do the tumble down on our heads.
appreciation in advance!
john
I am in the process of finishing the basement at my cottage. We would like to remove a jack-post that is in a terrible position that would block most of the flow of the basement. Just looking for some advice on how to tackle this.
The cottage is about 27 x 21. Above the basement there is a main floor, above that there is half of a second floor. The second floor has a large open loft area. The beam is comprised of nominal 4 nominal 2x10's laminated together. There are jack-posts at 6 feet, 13 feet and about 20 feet. The beam is pocketed into the cinderblock. The area above the part of the beam I would like to remove is probably the lightest part of the structure. Above it is a living room and a bedroom and above that is the open loft area and a small sitting area. The washrooms and kitchen are all on the other side of the building.
Looking for some advice on how to safely go about removing the jack-post. Would any of these be viable options?:
1) remove jack-post and lag bolt the beam to increase the "lamination"
2) remove the whole section of beam...from the cinderblock to the second jack-post at 13 feet and replace the whole thing with something stronger. I would think this not a good option because the new beam would only have a few inches of bearing on the jack-post at 13 feet.
3) Remove the outside boards of the beam upto the 13foot second jackpost...so remove the bread from the sandwhich... and replace them with lvl boards laminated to the existing beam. So basically making a sandwhich with LVL boards as the bread.
4) flitch beam.
any other suggestions are appreciated!!!
note: I do have experienced people working with me. We will not simply cut the jackpost etc. Everything will suported so the building doesn't do the tumble down on our heads.
appreciation in advance!
john