The beam spans about 28 feet, supported by the 5 posts centered between the windows.
My longest timbers won't span the room, so I had to splice two shorter beams over the center support post. Normally, a "scarf" joint would be used here, due to its greater strength. Since it wasn't necessary here (AND since I didn't feel confident that I could cut my first scarf joint without destroying several timbers), I opted to go with a simple lap joint.
2 comments:
Impressive!
Nice!
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