drumz
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My house was built in 1949 by the original landowner who built @ 6 houses on the property before parceling out. It has a basement with 7' ceiling a main floor and an attic room. We remodeled and actually made the roof lighter (cement to aluminum) and put a footing under the extension which spreads the load way more than before. ! found a previous owner removed a post in the basement so added a new 6x6 but not PT. We are now in the process of remodeling that room and I want to replace the wood posts with metal to make the room a little cleaner (the posts were covered in sheetrock) and feel bigger. The room is 18' x 24' and the 3 posts are not properly spaced and at 58",69",54",72 from one end to the other (24'). They are obviously not spaced correctly so I would like to correct that too. They are also just sitting on the basement floor which is at least 4" thick and the ground under it is clay and solid as can be (I know this because we redid the septic and had to dig a new waste line out eliminating a pump and that was the biggest time consumer trenching that damn thing!
So my questions are will 3.5" lally columns be enough and what should the spacing between them be?
Thanks in advance for your time!
So my questions are will 3.5" lally columns be enough and what should the spacing between them be?
Thanks in advance for your time!