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Fixing the Unsupported Kitchen Ceiling

Structural engineer Rene Mugnier explains how to fix the kitchen ceiling and two floors above, which are found to be dangerously unsupported, with the addition of a new load bearing structural beam.
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Fixing the Unsupported Kitchen Ceiling

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" gave a licensed structural engineer. Irony Gloria you know thank you when I first looked at this stance that all. Really this big how do you figure out just what size carrying beam has to be. London was if it could buy at these two planeloads exactly all of them all we just supposed to be carried by that -- now what are some of the loads that you have to deal with in this house."

" In this case we to support of portion of the roof which was that shouldn't -- support that then was supported by some politician. We had to support -- to -- and floor framing of interest reporting on only water. And we have to support this evening all of the above the kitchen that she's forgotten."

" And the clever thing here is that we have eight of these individual pieces we've assembled them -- now we will disassemble them and carried them into place one by one. It's a lot of work and the question to customize why not just use one piece of steel."

" Yeah I think it'll -- work and it is not if you could be substituted woods probably need to be less expensive -- all of those numbers. That's very difficult to maneuver. Given that he'll lose pieces of wood is that it would be Eric that what I did that in. Clinton place and then more fit together these could be done easy anybody a couple of workman yeah -- a piece of it would be extremely difficult to give me."

" What are -- in place but before we figure out about installing at Manila's talk a little bit about the actual conditions that you found here. In the house."

" This wasn't enrolled that we thought that's what you could see right now said that there was little temporary shoring. Hot -- this is thought of a frightening situation indeed. Which was actually. -- then I'd seen yet. That we put all the temporary shoring -- of side of this. Floor structure. And we'll be putting that large beam spanning from the outside wall to a point over here where ryley's working let's look closely at this situation -- His and it's hard to understand how. This enormous remember that carries all that load transfer is down to the ground. -- we create said that Carlo which is that had been they'll war two by 82 by any delay forwards. 82 by -- Polly spiked together right at these rules and the -- we've gone from the being. The caller then we've gone down boosted the -- which when these tribute to log on the PR alone. Okay -- good seafood that and that's an original brick -- that's in good condition this is -- the brick via we choose in good condition and -- building code requirement that you design and manufacture of steel."

" Brace like this to hold this column in place. Whereabouts to embrace was very much these unfold that very specific situation so that lets you know important that the meeting be connected to each other as he was -- yeah there's a chance of the earthquake in the history of the and it there's no chance for movement then sat at the other side you have to do the same thing there."

" Well the other side who have function into. All of which existed already as you could see the formed by a how would quote which is -- locate an eight foot in. Thirty feet in height so this is really is a key member of the original frame here exactly exactly."

" We will have to think about -- You know got a set they're being. An -- bark than bite these courtroom -- very slightly enforcement community -- did. To these -- to prevent the buckling of the courtroom as it is somewhat smaller follow the logic being that she's going to be supported them."

" All right and then this of course transferred down to. Our existing stone foundation -- have you examined that foundation or worsen the condition."

" Why -- we -- that fit they're very specific got to leave it as we knew that there is such an optional that was going to global problem. And we feel -- habitable."

" Good I'll take that variety critic thanks for coming by and you gotta get back to the office and Reilly. You and dying from. -- in a construction Internet -- then. You guys are ready to start chopping away -- this -- just check out lines snapped and that isn't this the mess up here. So what led them in this as a carrier petition is gone and everything's just paying and so it's unbelievable it was just hadn't you know -- to be bad behind the plaster ceiling right so where we're gonna do though is this stuff. Take us walk right down the middle had just taken out right out in and -- this beam into into place and that's going to that's going to carry hang everything now for the -- yeah I hate to say but many instances of of situations like this come from. Early twentieth century plumbing jobs we're out fine balloon frame from the nineteenth century. Was altered. And the program plumbing pipes were being hidden as as the case directly overhead. And various places of the brain and anyway what we look at almost a hundred years later is. Masks -- try to get started OK. Not much to -- just pulling it off the -- Okay but what."

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