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Yeah I have been waiting to start the project. Just getting the footings geared for now and clearing away as much dirt and debris as I can.

O... well then, I had that all wrong. So I need to buy 10' 2x10's rather than 16's

As soon as I said it I realized thats a.bad plan. Should be Basically like this? -------------------- ----- ---------_

Man you guys are awesome, thanks I plan on staggering the beam in 3 lengths like flooring.

O ic what your getting at now. The question seemed a little retorical. I plan on slowly raising the floor the required amount over time. I'm just going to snug it up then crank it up a couple turns on the jacks and wait a week or so. The beam is more to take the bounce out of the floor...

By supporting the floor joists down the center of the building, 3 ply 2x10 by 65'

Thanks guys. Turned out I can just call a struss company. There engineer did all the math for me and said I would good with tripple 2x10's posts at 10' intervals. Thanks for all the input.

feel like popping over for a beer? il get some pizza too

I would love to do this but I don't have 15,000$ to put in the house.

5 ft. In most of the space. But about 40' of dirt 2' high was left on one end. I'd like to have it all flat and use a 12mm Polly to make the area a dry space for worrie free storage

Well since that's out of the way, thanks everyone for there help and input, How could I go about removing some dirt from under there?. I'm looking at about 1,100 cu/ft. I wonder.how.hard a conveyor system would cost to build.

I am realizing that now. So 2x10's it is.

This was my thought when it came to the beam. It's only really supporting a 7' span I didn't think I would have to go too crazy. Honestly I thought 2x8s would do it, I thought wrong.

From sifting through the replys I should be able to go 3x2x10 lam beam. Could I squeeze 10' spans?

Never glue a lam beam? Am I reading this right? Why would this be?

I was a little confused as well.

the guy that did the work left a TON of cinder blocks under the house, so my plan was the just build up two end pillars to hold the beam and then jack posts for everything in between.

unfortunately the frame was removed and discarded. 2x10's was my first plan but i was hoping to get away with 2x8's just for cost sakes, but im thinking that i will just end up saving the costs in less support jacks. 8' span would be the best even with a glue lam beam you think? thanks,

Hello all. I have a mobile home that has been put on a foundation, the floor joists are 2x8 and cannot take the weight of the 14' span of the house. They are sagging considerably, I've noticed some interior walls pulling away from the ceiling by about 1/2" I have a 5' crawlspace and plan on...

So have you done this type of work to your house? Is your foundation mostly above or bellow?