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• Posted in thread: Sagging 2nd Story Floor After Main Floor Load-Bearing Wall Altered Below on 01-27-2012 at 06:17 PM
  Mighty -- Neither ceiling was actually removed/replaced. I was told that both sides were braced
  with supports before the wall was removed and the beam went in, but I didn't see that part
  myself. Is th...

• Posted in thread: Sagging 2nd Story Floor After Main Floor Load-Bearing Wall Altered Below on 01-27-2012 at 10:09 AM
  No they are not doing any thing but if the top one was removered it would be difficult to
  attach the floor joists to the beam and that is not a good thing. Removing the top one would
  have bean difficu...

• Posted in thread: Sagging 2nd Story Floor After Main Floor Load-Bearing Wall Altered Below on 01-27-2012 at 07:43 AM
  He left the top plates of the wall in place, It is common to leave one plate there as the floor
  joists are toe nailed to it and removing it could do a lot of damage to the floor upstairs
  unless the dr...

• Posted in thread: Sagging 2nd Story Floor After Main Floor Load-Bearing Wall Altered Below on 01-27-2012 at 06:32 AM
  Mightygiving -- You're right, from that pic and now that we've opened up a couple of holes in
  the drywall, there definitely is some other material above the beam. This was existing
  material, before th...

• Posted in thread: Sagging 2nd Story Floor After Main Floor Load-Bearing Wall Altered Below on 01-25-2012 at 05:17 PM
  Just for example we just had a house fail inspection. A 9 ft header failed and has to be
  changed out for a beam, it was 3 2x10s and the floor doesn't land on it.Not that this makes any
  difference rega...

• Posted in thread: Sagging 2nd Story Floor After Main Floor Load-Bearing Wall Altered Below on 01-25-2012 at 01:34 PM
  nealtw -- Can I clarify something about the chart with you? I know very little about this which
  is why I hired someone to do it for me. :( In the first section of the chart, when it says
  "Supported Jo...

• Posted in thread: Sagging 2nd Story Floor After Main Floor Load-Bearing Wall Altered Below on 01-25-2012 at 05:39 AM
  Thanks for the responses. Initially, he had written in his quote to me that he planned to use
  LVL. Would 2 2x6 LVL be more appropriate? Also, I'm not sure what has been used as column on
  either side t...

• Posted in thread: Sagging 2nd Story Floor After Main Floor Load-Bearing Wall Altered Below on 01-24-2012 at 10:14 PM
  Sorry for the lack of updates on this... been working on discussions/opening up of things with
  the contractor to figure out all the details of what has been done. Turns out that the beam is
  made up of...

• Posted in thread: Sagging 2nd Story Floor After Main Floor Load-Bearing Wall Altered Below on 01-17-2012 at 10:28 PM
  Thanks for these responses.newltw -- I know, it's too bad that I realized too late that the
  fact that this guy has significantly more knowledge than me doesn't mean he had enough
  knowledge to deal wit...

• Posted in thread: Sagging 2nd Story Floor After Main Floor Load-Bearing Wall Altered Below on 01-17-2012 at 04:56 PM
  I suspect I already know the answer to this whole thing, but seeing as you are probably all
  quite a bit more knowledgeable about this stuff than I am, I thought I would ask over here!We
  have a 1930s, ...