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web reference for steel I-beam span
Hi All ;
I'm planning to have my ~ 28 year old basement completely remodeled - just starting to make floor-plans. One obvious issue is the location of the single jack-post supporting a 24 foot long , 8 inch steel I-beam - it's central to the I-beam - great ! but .. also directly in front of the stairs and just 6 feet from the stair bottom - very poor original design, I know ! It makes it impossible to hide it inside a wall without badly chopping the basement up. And the location is visually very poor for just boxing-it-in. My contractor thought that by increasing to 12 inch I-beam and moving the single jack-post location with proper footing and Eng. approvals would take care of things nicely. 8 ft ceiling would be reduced I don't disagree but wondered afterward if we could keep the existing I-beam and install 2 new jack-post locations if we maintain a 12 foot max. span ? If anyone has a good web reference - please post the link - thx. I'm not expecting to get structural engineering answers here - nor from a web site link - but I wish to propose an informed proposal - or save the waste-of-time in my idea. ps: the basement I-beam supports only the floor above and its roof - not a second floor. John T. |
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