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Read with interest comments by all in johnbaum "Basement Main Beam Replacement". I've got a slightly different situation. =========================== Background The main beam is a sandwiched beam (two 2 X 13's) that runs the length of the home (about 50 feet). Each side of the main beam made...

I'm redoing a bath and want to swap out a shower and toilet. Currently the toilet is at the end of a horizontal branch drain line and shares a wet vent with the lavatory sink. Following is a top view of the current horizontal branch (secondary) drain line of concern which (Y's) into the main...

A Plan or Not to Level the Floor? (Climbing the learning curve on fixing old houses) 1) Have a rim joist that sits about 1 inch above the other joists which are 16 inches O.C. This causes a rapid drop in the floor from the wall and then it is quite level. Appears originally built...

In searching the net the only solution I've found to separate cast iron pipe is to use a 1/4 inch drill and drill out the lead. After a number of hours -- just on one vertical pipe -- I have still yet to get enough lead and okum out to separate the pipe from the hub. When cast iron was...

I'm dealing with a small master bath off a bedroom. The floor joist in the bath are as shown in the attached picture. Each floor joist is a 3(w)x9(h)x20(l) which rest on the main beam (dotted lines in picture). The left most beam 2(w) x 10(h) is attached to a block wall. The full round...

In my part of the country we normally have slab on grade. This is my mothers home which is one of a few pier an beam homes in this area. Original floor was: Sub-SubFloor - 3/4 inch T&G pine layed at right angles to beam SubFloor - MDF with 1/8 inch plywood laid on top. Finished Floor - tile...