Home built in 1996. This girder is under the staircase leading to 2nd floor. Basement slab not finished over footings after posts set. Pinned at top (OK). Splice is about 3 feet from column 3 nails both sides of joint and spaced about every 12 inches. Thoughts? There are no structural engineers in our area.
I’m curious what makes it fine? Looks like a combination of dimensional lumber and LVLs, splice not over the post, metal post is a screw jack not a lally column, and what is being supported above.
