Hi! I am thinking of replacing 2.3m of a load-bearing wall with an ipe beam. See the picture. It is currently a door, but we want to open it up. The wall is built with 70mm studs. I've received a suggestion for a 73x140 ipe beam that should be supported on each side by posts made of three joined 70x45mm pieces. The beam length is intended to be 2.30 meters, with the opening between the posts at 2.03 meters. It is a 1.5-story house, snow zone 2, with a 45-degree roof angle, 3.6 and 4.8 to load-bearing exterior walls. Concrete roof without insulation, normal floor joists, second-floor width of 6m. Will the beam handle the load, or do I need to increase the size?
Who gave you a suggestion?
If you want to do this properly, you need an engineer.
No one will sit down and design this for free.
Or you go all in and skip the engineer, so you feel no doubt at all.
If you want to do this properly, you need an engineer.
No one will sit down and design this for free.
Or you go all in and skip the engineer, so you feel no doubt at all.