VolNExile
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Ribeyes on the hoof.And there were nosy neighbors standing around watching me work View attachment 490622
Red iron 14 inch steel beam if your spanning more than 22 feet up to 28 feet.Hey, Slice! Got a question about a deck. I wanna build a deck, 8' x 24', attached to the house with a 2 x 12 ledger board. Joists on 12" centers. Trex, or facsimile, deck boards. Easy enough so far.
Here's the kicker. I wanna build the deck over the driveway and over two, single wide garage doors. So I don't want any support posts in the driveway. So I need a beam to span about 24'. What can I use? Eleventy-three 2x12s glued and nailed? Steel I-beam? 2x8 Unobtainium? Give up on this idea and watch football?
TIA for any ideas.
Ok you can span 20 feet with lumber but it can’t be cut and pieced. It would have to be special ordered. You need 4- 2x16x20 glued and screwed. I checked the price on that through my supplier app and it’s going to cost you approximately 2 1/2 times a steel beam. I’d stick with a 14 inch red iron beam then face it with 1x materials. That beam should run 5-600$Thanks, Slice. Upon further review, the beam only needs to be 20'. Does that change things?
I have no idea. poor Rex is desperate to fight. I’m way under his skin but he’s honestly not worth talking too@slice For some reason I keep getting alerts from a TRex in the PF bible thread I don't see fake 95 posting in it for awhile is he finally gone ?
@slice For some reason I keep getting alerts from a TRex in the PF bible thread I don't see fake 95 posting in it for awhile is he finally gone ?
Was lilO not getting any love over there either?I have no idea. poor Rex is desperate to fight. I’m way under his skin but he’s honestly not worth talking too
