Professional Engineer Recommendations

[sky's]

your contractor hopefully local? has a representative at Middleton Lumber that can spec out the beam. steel or laminate. my company has done two already this year using a steel beam most recent was 30' long. good luck

[ishoot308]

My company uses this engineering firm for structural calcs.

https://www.emanuelengineering.com/

Be advised however, that in my opinion, this is way overkill for what you need done and honestly what Sky says above is the way to go if possible.

Good luck!

Dan

[tummyman]

Originally Posted by sky's

your contractor hopefully local? has a representative at Middleton Lumber that can spec out the beam. steel or laminate. my company has done two already this year using a steel beam most recent was 30' long. good luck

THANK YOU.....based on your suggestion, we just went over to Middleton Supply and met with their folks. They did the calculations for me and we now have a preliminary beam design. Took less than 20 minutes. Next stop will be local building inspector next week to ensure he will accept their information. If so, we are on track perfectly, as once we know that the beam is, we can work on how the interior finishing will happen, plus start to line up help to move the beam into place. Looks like it will weigh some 660 lbs. Project will happen after Labor Day. So, a big shout out THANK YOU to "Sky's" !! Really appreciate your helpful suggestion. Will keep you posted as to how I make out with the building inspector.

[sky's]

awesome news if you need any other pointers on site i live in Moultonborough. glad we could help