"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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On Mon, 21 Aug 2017 20:40:01 -0400, "Jim Wilkins"
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I need a smaller I-Beam in the basement of my house. The I-Beam
would
go where supporting joists are currently. Reason for this = if it
works it will give me the allowable head room to redo my stairs. The
thickest/ tallest I could allow would be 4 inches vertically and up
to
2 feet 2 inches wide. This would then be a part of a load bearing
wall. So I need to know how much weight that this possible I-Beam
could hold. Any help is wonderfully taken into account and thank you
so much in advance

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http://webstructural.com/steel-beam-how-to.html

.Cutting the joists changes the support of the remaining sections
from
fixed to pinned, which is weaker.

I thought it entertaining that he wanted to use I-beams -sideways-.
4" tall by 26" wide? g


I didn't understand structural properties until I studied Statics in
college. Steel seems infinitely hard and strong if you don't have the
means to work with it.

My source of cheap structural steel was a scrap dealer's stack of
surplus 3" and 4" channel iron that had been pallet rack shelves.
-jsw