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Hi,
We are renovating the kitchen and decided to remove a structural wall to make some space for a new kitchen. We hired a construction company to do the work, but now that they have the steel beam ready to install we saw it and it looks too short for us.
They built 2 columns to support the beam made of special bricks and cement.
As you can see in the picture the beam will only touch the column in one side, while the other will be touched by the wood that surrounds it.
Not knowing anything about construction it worries me, that the beam can break the wood and fall. I talked with them, and they say is ok, given that the wood will be touching for more than 10 cm the columns
What do you think?
We are renovating the kitchen and decided to remove a structural wall to make some space for a new kitchen. We hired a construction company to do the work, but now that they have the steel beam ready to install we saw it and it looks too short for us.
They built 2 columns to support the beam made of special bricks and cement.
As you can see in the picture the beam will only touch the column in one side, while the other will be touched by the wood that surrounds it.
Not knowing anything about construction it worries me, that the beam can break the wood and fall. I talked with them, and they say is ok, given that the wood will be touching for more than 10 cm the columns
What do you think?