On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 20:17:17 -0700, "Jack" wrote:

Watching the new Adam Corolla's new comedy hour on remodeling his investment
property last night, one of his contractors cut a major structural beam
short by something like 3' at one end. Adam came up with the idea to
sandwich the beam with two pieces of what look like 3/4" plywood and nails
as a fix. I think the inspector is going to flag this. What would be a real
fix other than getting another beam?

Steel plates, a properly cut and pegged scarf-joint, or
an extra post right under the seam.

Getting a building inspector to believe you about the
scarf joint might be a trick, though.