this was a pretty darn big change in the house: since the place is/was over 100 years old, the floor plan was pretty lame to say the least. the bathroom was right off the kitchen and there was a really strange little bedroom off the previous dining room. so, i took out one of the main load bearing walls and put up this giant 3-ply LVL. its about 20 feet across by 18 inches tall. it sitting right down on the sill plate on some crazy posts called parallam's, its some sort of compress lumber thats apparently extra strong. (like i really know, the truss company did all the calculations after i sent them the specs. for the place). overall, its pretty much a beast as is supports about half my house. thankfully its still standing.
oh, and there's three of them glued and screwed together up there...
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