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Parallam Beam Installation

Ron Gan discusses the previously existing bearing wall and ceiling spans. With the wall removed, the crew then installs a Parallam beam, drastically increasing the size of the living room.
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Parallam Beam Installation

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" Oh, great. I see we've got our temporary support wall in place. Hi, Ron."

" Hi, Bob."

" How you doing?"

" Good."

" Demolition is all complete."

" Uh huh."

" And you've gotten all the walls on it where you could see the tractor and goes through where they were. You know? what's a little confusing is I know we've taken out the bearing wall, but I thought it was a bearing wall because you have the ends of 2 joists meeting there on top of that wall, and they looked like 1 solid piece."

" Well, sometimes you can have 2 joists meeting on a bearing wall, but in this particular building, we have a clear"

" Okay. We're back, and we're gonna raise this beam up. Actually, Ron and I are gonna get out of the way so that John, Lenny, and Mohammed"

" They are gonna raise it up."

" John, Lenny, and Mohammed are bearing the weight."

" Okay. You all ready?"

" Pull."

" It's what you're doing."

" Push."

" That's it. Okay. A little more. Give it some more. There you go. Alright. I'm in place."

" Okay."

" That thing you do. It's the same thing over here, huh."

" Raise."

" Okay."

" Fire is under it. Put another [unk] on it."

" You're all flat in some portion. I get it now."

" Got it?-Yes."

" Hang on, John. Hang on."

" Now pull easy."

" Okay."

" Take it easy."

" Alright."

" Lenny, come on up. 1 step."

" Some more. 1 more?"

" 1 more step."

" Okay."

" I got you. I got it, Lenny."

" I'm going up with it."

" Ready?"

" I'm gone."

" Okay. Come back."

" No."

" Okay. Hang in there though."

" Over here."

" I'm in now."

" You're in?"

" Right."

" Yeah. Yeah."

" Okay, what's next."

" Alright, John, take this and sum up that end."

" Okay. Hold in that 1 Lenny."

" Yeah."

" Okay."

" Okay. Good."

" Okay."

" Like that."

" Okay."

" So what's going on now?-Okay. Mohammed is gonna put the final post in right now."

" Okay."

" We got to kick it in?"

" Yeah. We do that."

" Okay. Good."

" Okay. Ready?"

" Okay. So we're toe nailing in some 12 penny nail."

" And that looks like a 20 [unk] each time, right?"

" Yeah. That's it."

" Yeah."

" Okay. Now, you'll have to put a couple of nails on the other post, and then, we can take down the temporary wall, right?"

" That's right."

" Boy, what a difference this will make, huh?"

" Yeah."

" This is space now."

" Absolutely. You can just expand the whole area, and all of it."

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