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    garage clearspan beam with living space above.

    Hello all: I want to build a 3 car garage in southern Wisconsin that measures 36'-0" wide by 28'-0" deep. It will have living space over half of the garage with a 6/12 gable roof. What size beam would I need and how should it be supported? The local steel fabricator figured a W18x71...

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