RSJ Calcs

[Paulg31]

I guess it would be two steels each supporting a leaf. When you say depth you mean we need enough headroom to allow for the depth of the beam and a human to pass underneath.

Yes normally in domestic situations you can be quite limited to what size beam you can put in before the height below the beam becomes an issue.

 

[333rocky333]

Have you seen this post
https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/maybe-if-we-just-knock-that-wall-down.487243/#post-3978391