Thanks again for the reply...
I was refering to the currently popular wooden I-beams - I will look into gluelam ( I believe it is 5X more expensive and I havent seen them around here, we will see) and yes I understand that aluminum and steel act like a battery - thanks for the reminder -...
boo1 and RockEngineer
Thanks for the replies... I do appreciate it.
- attachment to the house is ok ( it is brick wall with cement blocks as backing! )
- likely that few bricks will be removed to embed the 5 ft beams
- the snow load is about the average in new york area..
- post length -...
that will be in couple years will be converted to a balcony with following spec...
- Approx. 5ftX 20ft
- Snow bearing
using engineered I beams for the 20 ft spans and 4X4s for 5ft spans ; what I-beam thickness/quality should I use to support the balcony and can I use two 4X4 posts to...
