Thanks for your feedback Agent666. Started strategizing as to how to lower the total load on the beam, and it occurred to me that I'm putting up 2x4 partition walls for insulation around the basement exterior and I can put a post against the outside wall and add a footing below (no existing...
ProgrammingPE:
Thanks so much for you feedback.
What EI are you using for wood? From NDS, DF-L No. 2 is 1600 ksi, and I'm using 2900 ksi for the steel.
The beam is a 100 year-old 4" x 6" - it's actually just over the dimension I used, so I thought why not take advantage of the additional...
JLNJ:
I may not have been clear - the two steel channels support 94% of the load. The software calc was done using half the load on one C-channel.
Canuck65:
I completely agree with you. However, it's a tricky situation in that the bottom of the beams are just above 6'8 for most of the beams...
I'm an architect doing work in my basement and am attempting to design a flitch beam using our existing 4x6 wood beams. We are removing the center posts of four beams which are spaced at 5' o.c. and are perpendicular to the existing 2x6 joists. The plan is to sandwich the beams between two...
