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16' I-Beam ObstacleFrom: kmattie@charter.net
Category: Architecture and Building Design
Remote Name: 68.188.40.202
Date: 27 Feb 2005
Time: 02:02 PM
CommentsI am finishing a basement level and I am facing an area that spans 16 feet (from left to right as you face front-to-back) and the full depth of the house (about 30 feet). I have a steel I-beam that is 8” high by 4” in width and appears to be 1/8th “ in thickness. The beam is set back approximately 11 feet away from the front of the house and runs the full 16’ length. On one end it is supported by a corner of the poured foundation and the other end is tied to a 4” steel support. Another `10 feet further back in the house is another steel beam that runs parallel to the first. The main floor above rests on 2X10’s on 16” centers running front to back and joining (with a slight overlap) on each of the beams. The majority of the floor on the next level is open space with the exception of one segment of an archway that supports a second story support beam. This segment is placed about 1/3rd of the way back from the first beam to the second.
My question is this: In the middle of the first 16’ beam I described is a 4” steel support beam, sunk in reinforced concrete footings below the basement floor. I would like to remove this support pole. That would leave the full 16’ span unsupported, but I see other sections in the basement where the I-beam runs as much as 13” unsupported.
Is there reason to fear problems with a steel beam like the one I described running 16’ without a mid-point support?
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