Our home is a big old house and in order to ensure that it doesn't fall down when we remove walls, we needed to support the home with a lot of huge beams and headers. In the main part of the first floor we removed three main walls which would require three new beams to support the weight of the second floor and a perpendicular beam for extra support. Take a look at the old floor plan and a new floor plan to refresh your memory.
Old layout - two walls by powder room and wall by sun room will be removed
New layout - 3 walls removed
Iron Beam for the Sunroom - the span was too wide for a wood beam. Over 20 ft gap
Iron Beam Up on the Sunroom/Family Room with a 2X4 temporary wall for support while beam is secured. This is now the Great Room
Beam where powder room was and again with 2x4 temporary wall for support
Wide open - Great Room, Breakfast Room and Kitchen
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