DEAR TIM: I’m getting ready to build a large room addition that needs a beam to support the floor joists. I’ve been told that a wood beam will work, but I’ve always seen steel I-beams in other houses.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Firefighters listen during a ribbon cutting for the 9/11 memorial at Spring Park on Monday, July 1, 2024 in Fort Collins, Colo. A ...

Q: I’m getting ready to build a large room addition that needs a beam to support the floor joists. I’ve been told that a wood beam will work, but I’ve always seen steel I-beams in other houses. Is it ...

Q: My house plan calls for steel beams that will support the floor joists and even parts of a brick wall. Can I substitute wood beams for steel? Is a steel I-beam hard to handle on the job site? Do ...

Welcome back to the "Behold the Beam" series of articles. In part three (Firehouse®, September 2010) of the series, we discussed the first five of the 13 common types of beams that firefighters can ...

This beam from the World Trade Center will be incorporated into a public art project to be built in front of the fire station on Santa Barbara Street in San Luis Obispo. dmiddlecamp@thetribunenews.com ...

FORT KNOX, Ky. — A large crane hoisted the long white steel I-beam above the heads of a small crowd who came to watch it slowly swing toward the framed building. Within 10 minutes, two workers guided ...

Many renovated buildings replace wood and masonry structural elements with steel. The replacement of heavy wooden roof and floor joists with the lighter steel open-web bar-truss joists is a common ...