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Replace steel with woodFrom: split-routine@mailcity.com
Category: Structural
Remote Name: 192.16.250.132
Date: 25 Jul 2003
Time: 12:57 PM
CommentsGood day Gentlemen,
I'm currently re-designing a house to build in the near future. I say re-designing because there are a few changes I would like to make. The house is a one floor (with full basement) with demensions of 44'x39'. The current blue prints calls for beams of 6 inch steel I beams supported by laly columns 10 feet 8 inches apart. This is where both my problems lay.
To begin with, steel is very expensive in my area, so I'd like to replace the steel beams with wood, and have the same live load capacity. This by itself shouldn't be to much of a problem, but here's the bigger problem: I want to keep a nice open concept in my basement, and I'd like to avoid all these laly columns. I'm hoping beyond hope that I could have a twenty foot span between laly columns. Is there any possible way I could put together beams with spruce lumber that would have a live load capacity to support one floor above it and have a span of twenty feet between supports. This live load capcity would have to include snow. Sorry I don't have these live load numbers. Right now I'm out of the country and don't have any means of calculating them. I hope I've given you enough info to put me on the right track at least.
Thanks
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