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vanblah · 04-24-2005, 07:46 PM

My wife has decided that we need to remove a wall between our kitchen and breakfast area.

The span is about 8 feet. It's just under the outside wall of the second floor of an airplane bungalow.

Anyone here know whether it would be worth it to get a couple of 10" lam beams or would it be ok to just sister a couple of 2x10 or 2x12's together.

I know that lam beam is supposed to be stronger ... but I've heard of the glue failing in them under certain loads. Our house is 80 years old so most of the settling is done by now.

04-24-2005, 07:46 PM	#1 (permalink)
vanblah Junkie	Lam Beam/Load-bearing wall My wife has decided that we need to remove a wall between our kitchen and breakfast area. The span is about 8 feet. It's just under the outside wall of the second floor of an airplane bungalow. Anyone here know whether it would be worth it to get a couple of 10" lam beams or would it be ok to just sister a couple of 2x10 or 2x12's together. I know that lam beam is supposed to be stronger ... but I've heard of the glue failing in them under certain loads. Our house is 80 years old so most of the settling is done by now.