I can't put the steel plate along the whole height of the wood beam because there are vertical steel angles located along the upper portion of the beam. The angles are attaching rafters to the beam. Column capitals wouldn't help because the layout of the walls is what changing. The location of...
I am trying to strengthen an existing 12" deep wood beam by adding 5.5" deep x 0.25" thick steel side plates. The steel plates can only be placed along the bottom of the beam. The steel plates are being added because the support system of the wood beam is being altered, so now the beam can no...
