![]() With the space fully prepared and the two LVL beams securely attached to each other and trimmed to fit, the time had finally come to hoist the beam into place. A quick run for lumberĪ couple days ago I borrowed a truck and made a run for the rest of the studs needed to frame the double room-in-room walls. Before I can set it in place I need to first make some measurements and start snapping lines on the floor to ensure the build remains absolutely square. Maybe it would have just been faster to hack it all down and rebuild, but doing it the way we did allows us to have a wall that is ready made and definitely saves money on lumber.įor now the wall is simply moved out of the way a bit and temporarily wedged against the ceiling and floor. It required several hours to remove the existing wall, but we did it in a way that we could reuse it. So, Paul’s schedule held this time and with his expert help, the load bearing wall is officially moved! Paul was definitely worth the wait. The beam is absolutely straight and the supporting columns at the ends are immovable (whew). After seeing the “after” picture, it almost looks like the beam has a bow in it so I quickly ran and double checked the level of the beam. As a side note, please ignore the image shift caused by my camera’s slightly wide angle lens. The load bearing wall is gone! All the tools used to move the wall and install the beam are comfortably resting beneath where the wall used to be. ![]()
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