Glulam beam install problem

[Brent Olson]

My contractor has just installed a glulam beam that spans 8 feet. Due
to 99 years of gravity, the house has settled. He installed the beam
level in order to make a square rectangle to install the window into
and therefore had to shim the beam to the toe plates above. This is a
basement room with two stories above it. The Glulam beam is 9" deep
and 6" across. The joists are 2x10s and sit on two 2x6 toe plates
before coming into contact with the beam. We're off by 1.75" over the
8 foot span.

Is this ok? Photographic description:

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[Rico dJour]

Post by Brent Olson
My contractor has just installed a glulam beam that spans 8 feet. Due
to 99 years of gravity, the house has settled. He installed the beam
level in order to make a square rectangle to install the window into
and therefore had to shim the beam to the toe plates above. This is a
basement room with two stories above it. The Glulam beam is 9" deep
and 6" across. The joists are 2x10s and sit on two 2x6 toe plates
before coming into contact with the beam. We're off by 1.75" over the
8 foot span.
Is this ok?

As long as there is enough bearing area and the shim material is strong enough
and has full contact top and bottom, there shouldn't be a problem. Assuming
that the beam is properly sized and there are no shims above the window...

R

[Bob Morrison]

In article <***@mb-m01.aol.com> Rico dJour
says...

Post by Rico dJour
As long as there is enough bearing area and the shim material is strong enough
and has full contact top and bottom, there shouldn't be a problem. Assuming
that the beam is properly sized and there are no shims above the window...

I concur. The solution shown in the photos appears to be okay.

[Matt Whiting]

Post by Brent Olson
My contractor has just installed a glulam beam that spans 8 feet. Due
to 99 years of gravity, the house has settled. He installed the beam
level in order to make a square rectangle to install the window into
and therefore had to shim the beam to the toe plates above. This is a
basement room with two stories above it. The Glulam beam is 9" deep
and 6" across. The joists are 2x10s and sit on two 2x6 toe plates
before coming into contact with the beam. We're off by 1.75" over the
8 foot span.
http://www.bitrealm.com/junk/day03-beam.jpg
http://www.bitrealm.com/junk/day03-beam2.jpg

Looks like he did the best he could with a crooked house. I'd say it is
fine.


Matt

[Nehmo Sergheyev]

- Brent Olson -

Post by Matt Whiting

Post by Brent Olson
http://www.bitrealm.com/junk/day03-beam.jpg
http://www.bitrealm.com/junk/day03-beam2.jpg

- Matt Whiting -

Post by Matt Whiting
Looks like he did the best he could with a crooked house. I'd say it is
fine.

- Nehmo -
OP was planning on taking his contractor to task if the responses were
disapproving. So to be fair, considering the favorable responses, OP
should now tip the contractor. A hundred bucks is fair. Wadaya think,
OP?

[Lyle B. Harwood]

In article <***@posting.google.com>, Brent
Olson <deja3-***@bitrealm.com> wrote:

€ Is this ok? Photographic description:

You're fine.

Best of luck, and let us know how it comes out!