Dear Colleagues, please take a look at the attached picture. The beam was supported be adjustable columns ad was not resting on the foundation wall. Please comment on that. Your time is appreciated.
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Any pictures further back? Was it added as additional support or do you think it is original?
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The column was installed upside down and was not secured properly. The threads should be damaged to prevent movement, but I don’t really comment on that. The girder does not have to rest on the foundation wall and this is an acceptable means of support. My suggestion to the buyer would probably be to just install lags to keep the girder from shifting off the column during a seismic event.
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How are those three 2x12’s attached to each other? They are barely attached to the top plate of the jack.
Are they attached to the slab?
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It is also appears to be notched, to what degree I cannot say. The cut ends should not touch the concrete unless the built-up beam is pressure treated lumber.
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Not really, there is a big gap between the girder and a slab
Hah, you beat me to it. Odd place for a column too. Possibly installed as a “fix” for something?
@zdmitry1 do you have any pictures of the column at the floor?
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they just nailed it together. The columns are imbedded in the slab.
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Morning, Zhygir.
Not a floor joist issue. It would be a beam support issue.
1: Build-up bream.
2: Telescoping steel column.
3: Is there a visible footing?
Observations: A: Build-up beam not braced to prevent rotation.
Please explain. What’s wrong with the steel telescoping columns’ orientation?
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Morning, Marcel. Hope to find you and the misses in good health and spirits today.
I concur with ‘that style’ of telescoping steel column, Marcel. I brought up telescoping steel column orientation, for that style of telescoping steel column, many years ago. Several members pushed back.
It is not, the image in the OP’s pic, the same style of telescoping steel column. There is no adjustment handle. It is the adjustment of the telescoping steel column handle that is cast in poured concrete to prevent movement.
Looking closer at the build-up beam, the wood members are not aligned together. Moreover they are misaligned in such a short span after the bearing point.
I suspect the buildup beam was not site manufactured properly to be a permanent load bearing point.
I think it’s an optical illusion because there is some paint on them.
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For the most part, the orientation of the post makes no difference. All that matters is that it is heavy duty enough to be used as a permanent support and that if used that way, it has been made non-adjustable.
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^^^^^ I agree with Ryan on both points. ^^^^^
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And where the column supports a wooden beam, the top plate shall extend across the full width of the beam.
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We are not looking at the whole picture here.
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