Putting a beam in an extension

ban-all-sheds · 6 Jun 2014

noseall said:
Hardly surprising. They don't make trees that big.

ban-all-sheds · 6 Jun 2014

tony1851 said:
The problem in having a timber beam over that span is one of deflection. To avoid excessive deflection, a timber beam would be fairly deep and probably visually obtrusive.

One man's "obtrusive" is another man's in-keeping feature:

brianj42 said:
I would love more than anything to span this in wood as the new extension will be post and beam, so a large wood beam across the centre would be better.

brianj42 · 9 Jun 2014

tony1851 said:
A 152 x 152 x 30 steel beam would do fine in that location.

Is this what I am asking for Tony ?

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Putting a beam in an extension

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