Recent content by todomi

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I was going to see if I could flitch another beam together, I am not sure I can do it that way because the location of the stairs. A Structural Engineer, I know suggested using a steel plate under the location of the cuts, but that would still require the use of floor jacks. I want to get rid...

I am glad I found this forum, because this is something I am about to have done to a 1930 Sears Home I bought. I think I going to raise the basement ceiling height it another 3ft, but that's not the main reason I want to have this done. The main reason is because whoever decided to install a...