elementx440
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This house I just bought has a big old wood beam support. It's obviously the "bottleneck" for headroom in the basement. I was wondering if it could be easily replaced with a steel beam that will take up less vertical space?
What about the support pillars? Are those installed on special pads in the foundation? Will steel be able to support a longer span without (as many) pillars?
How is this sort of thing done, is it very expensive? I'm having foundation work done sometime over the summer hopefully, I guess that's the time to do it since they'll probably be jacking the house?
What about the support pillars? Are those installed on special pads in the foundation? Will steel be able to support a longer span without (as many) pillars?
How is this sort of thing done, is it very expensive? I'm having foundation work done sometime over the summer hopefully, I guess that's the time to do it since they'll probably be jacking the house?