How to Remove a Concrete Load Bearing Wall and Install a New LVL Beam , DIY

[@silkmd]

Great job brothers!!!! I wish you're local so I can hire you guys to work on my small house👏👏👍

[@poor_fellow2549]

Always enjoy watching your videos brother

[@1kbconstruction824]

I appreciate that

[@uongduong]

Really love the work! But you should use glue/adhesive in between each lvl before structural screws to be one solid beam. Otherwise that trick to keep it plumb was good!

[@1kbconstruction824]

great tips, thank you

[@serge.crispino418]

Nice work Ryan - for extra strength you should have laminated your LVL's with glue and then screwed them together - also where is the load being transferred ?? you should have created pockets in the walls at either end of the LVL's with a cap stone on which the LVL's would sit - also as the floor is not level the LVL's should have been blocked to suit the wave in the floor joists - don't forget to put blocking or clips to fix each floor joist to your LVL's - there should be at least one concrete filled steel post set into a footing to pick up the weight at least in the middle.

[@1kbconstruction824]

yes we did all that some of it comeing up in the next video, great tips thank you 👍

[@ryanlandlord4624]

Well done 👍🏾

[@1kbconstruction824]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@myronsmith2114]

Would have been nice if the floor joists were cut to allow the beam to go up into the floor cavity to give more ceiling height . I guess that basement is rarely used

[@1kbconstruction824]

yea that would be the better thing to do,but it would have been too much stuff to be remove ,so we decided to do it this way thanks