Removing and supporting a load bearing wall with a hidden beam part 1 duration.
Large beam in the attic.
We re blessed with three large floored attic spaces in our home.
Open up cramped rooms by replacing a wall with a load bearing beam.
Kløs kløss attic antenna array operates from 50 mhz through 432 mhz.
This is a big innovation in framing.
Flush mounted beams are commonly installed in attics.
There isn t a solid rule of thumb for.
Tiny attic spaces offer many ways to mount an antenna with people sometimes mounting theirs.
The old framing tied into the new beam with proper joist hangers and strong tie type connectors.
You also need to ensure that the joist spacing is adequate.
In the uppermost space i had already installed a 6m horizontal loop and two perpendicular noise canceller sense dipoles along with a weather satellite fig.
I have done a few of them myself.
2 and two vhf uhf discone antennas.
Joist dimensions are only part of the equation.
I want to install an lvl beam in my attic to support my ceiling rafters.
A new beam goes in.
Now some attics and this is a big asterisk here can be converted to sleeping lofts relatively reasonably.
Converting an attic has house wide structural implications.
Installing a radiant barrier in the attic.
The roof system is stick built so there are no manufactured engineered trusses the ceiling joists are on 16 in.
On top of a mast attached to the floor.
Some new beams to beef up the structure and likely some new posts and concrete footings all the way down in your basement.
Typically either side of the new beam the walls and framing is shored up.
On a mast hanging from a wooden ceiling beam.
I am removing a wall that separates my kitchen and living room.
The lvl i figured i would need is 22 feet long and i thought i would put 2 of them together.
Attic joists for live loads.
Anyway i want to put a hidden beam in the attic but an engineering friend of mine recommended building a truss in the attic instead.
Create an open kitchen dining area a larger living room or a huge master bedroom using basic framing techniques and standard materials.
On a wall bracket or short mast attached to a vertical wooden beam.
Centers as well as the rafters.
Suspended from the ceiling via guy wires.