Installing a Load-Bearing Beam

Today we make a Window Opening Bigger. There will be a sweet, full span, bifold door going in here too!
Stay tuned for that.
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[@nathanchalecki4842]

These vids are great, not often i see good content from NZ!! I have never really been exposed to building so this is interesting and helpful !!

[@user-qv9dw1kq3q]

Just subscribed! Love watching your vids been binging on them all weekend, enrolled onto a carpenter/block work course now too as I've been proper inspired!

[@weekendhomeprojects]

That nice wide opening being load bearing is such a beautiful sight!

[@moorthycarpentryworks3969]

Once again done good job brother. Ur planning and execution too good. And that one hammer is nice brother.

[@mwandobutler4122]

Have been watching your videos and I like them... I live in Barbados... I will use them when I'm going work in my work shop.

[@treyashby9923]

thanks for taking the time to make nice videos. I thouroughly enjoy watching these!

[@markrhodes9632]

Bloody awesome job lads!

[@justinbeckermann]

Love the channel bro- excellent work!

[@dressjess]

Great to see Paerau wearing his timber gloves! Scott get amongst it please 😊

[@Gottesacker86]

Looks good guys, nice and clean. I see nothing wrong with this. The header is twice the size of the previous two headers. It'll all carry that load just fine.

[@willd2609]

Man I am obsessed with these things. You’re so chill and together, it’s lovely.

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[@paulnolen7651]

Awesome video even though it's 2 years old great thank you thank you keep up the hard work even though I know you're on lockdown keep the faith keep smiling be positive stand up where you can sending you love light and peace 🙂🙂🙂

[@xqq1314]

Great job 👍always enjoy watching your videos!

[@Albert-me1oe]

Question: to support trusses in double brick garage , a temporary timber wall is installed. Does it need to be full height, to top plate or to underside of garage beam?

[@Chrismartin88]

Another great vid scott always watch yours vids and get some great tips from you

[@MsElijah16]

Smidgey88 yeah it's mean aye

[@mlgfelix8979]

Man I can help but to admire how much fun you guys have truly inspires me being from the US everyone is at each others neck in this trade

[@BambooBob]

You make it look so easy.

[@clevelandmarsden-snell6629]

Hey Scott could you do a video about the new Estwing al pro aluminium hammer and rate it??? Im keen to get one but can't find a video that really talks about it , so not sure if I can trust it.... Cheers

[@Yamety2012]

Nothing better then unwinding with the jefé and drinking a beer before him.

[@sebastianbenitez2124]

Let me ask you what you do with the discharged wodd you cutt off.. Burn them, studs and pieces of the removed frames go to a tipping trailer or dump tuck, you re-sell the chops or any recycling process is mandatory in NZ? Thanks Scott (and team) !

[@woasc0ut]

Awesome as always

[@meestahwah]

I enjoyed you showing the making of the thumbnail.

[@olrenison]

Nerve wracking stuff. Rad hammer 😄👊

[@II_4_R_Z_II]

Awesome job lads

[@baldyslapnut.]

Cut through studs at an angle then the two parts always separate without binding.

[@elbluepatato]

When he says pareau I always think he's saying potter lol!

[@inceptiondeck]

i had to re-watch pareau hammer that nail through the tiny whole like 10 times...legend.

[@josephdestaubin7426]

Should you not be doubling up both the king studs, in as much as you've removed load-bearing members and transferred that weight to the existing king studs?

[@traviswalton6219]

Hay Scott where did the boys get their apron suspenders from? cheers mate

[@benjaminwood5372]

Awesome vids mate! Cheers

[@harrygirgin9093]

Love you work Scotty honestly. If that was a house in Australia and the carpenter was removing the windows, wall etc. They would have left those doors off until the new window was installed and the house would had cold blowing wind and cold air throughout. Virtually been unlivable.

[@zaneh6224]

Ahh don't think so, we do these all the time and do exactly what the boys did, or sheet it in ply until the doors arrive, sounds like your in QLD 🤣🤣

[@MrDeano-eu9rg]

Yea, don't compare some half asses you may have hired on the cheap to the rest of us. There's dickbags in every trade in every country.

[@XxMicroNinjaxX]

Great stuff man

[@pw5391]

is a 16-foot beam the longest it can go? what happens if the wall is like 20-25 feet wide? thanks

[@zekeisme1]

i know u have been asked a 100 times probably but what is the pink on your lumber what is it treated for

[@macp721]

Could you have used piece solid of timber 4x10 or 4x12 instead ?

[@mreinecker]

How big is the span? I’m surprised a 2 ply is enough. How did you figure that out?

[@adampease]

awesome videos! I'm learning lots of carpentry tricks. But I'm commenting now because the music samples an old Errol Garner concert, which is awesome. How do you find so much great musical content for background?

[@zackfishle1009]

I was shocked not to see an LVL timber. The engineers around here throw them everywhere. I have faith your timber will hold. Those steel posts were fancy. I only ever got to use 2x4 / 2x6 to build a wall when I had to make a new opening.

[@zaneh6224]

LVL are also used here everywhere, but for that sized opening they used 2 x 290x45 which is more than enough as it looks to only have a tin roof

[@rtomlinson84]

It looks like the equivalent to 2x12, which im sure will span that, just thought he would definitely need to add at least one jack on each side

[@zhenniu2451]

so you guys cut out the main support and put it back in before install the door? Is there a reason why not just leaving it be?

[@tommetjuuh]

Do you have enough strength in the single jack stud? Or would you need to add another one?

[@tomar5e115]

Was thinking the same thing. I'm assuming the jack studs works be string enough. Judging by the plans at the start it was looked at by an entire so must be all good

[@pauledwards9493]

That was epic gents!

[@anthonysmith5979]

At 6.58 looks like your putting in a load bearing stud, I thought it was supposed to be replaced by an all window type design, I'm about to have the same and the main reason for this job was to remove my center support. I must be missing something?

[@kmonnier]

Beam me up Scotty!

[@katrinabell7684]

Clever guys!!😎

[@noahwoods9916]

Carter is ready with the brew!

[@YUNJI3]

Why... did you take the supports out before you put the replacement post in? Brackets for the new beam... is, must be there, I just don't see it. I hope that is the case.

[@marcaronio]

I honestly have no idea and am only asking because I am interested. Did an engineer create the plans for this? It looks like you went from 4 studs carrying the load down to 2 studs. I was also wondering if you had to add additional support underneath the remaining two studs as you went from 3 point loads to 2.

[@klyxrasta]

yeah wtf is going on here. that hut will fall down soon

[@pwhsbuild]

There isn't that great of a load being carried here. Single story roof and only a handful of the trusses. 1 1/2" is all the bearing you need in this case (each side). The center bearing was basically just a divider for the doors. Could have been built as they are doing now if they wanted. I'd have to look again, but looks like he had a set of plans under his notepad that would have been approved for this project.

[@mattchibi]

The double 2x12 bearing on two sticks more than covers the load of the trusses above (which is the only weight that wall is carrying, it's really not much. Its just the tail ends of the trusses, shingles and the soffits.). Typically for something like this, we normally double up the sticks underneath; however, we normally work on two storey homes where there's a lot more weight bearing on the header of the sliding patio doors. Everything is determined by local code and inspectors. I am 100% sure Scott wouldn't have posted this if he hadn't gotten an engineer's approval. Great work Scott and Pareau!

[@ydesleurink4289]

Whats the pink stuff on their timber about

[@tonydude1985]

Obviously depends on the load force but would a glulam beam be better suited for such a span ?

[@zackfishle1009]

The engineers sure think so.

[@MrTruman28]

Just wondering as a NZ'er, how much a job like this would approximately cost from a tradesman. (Just installing a load bearing beam) not the trimmings.

[@SuperChicolatino]

How do.you know what size beam to use ?

[@chornii_boumer7324]

For some reason KZbin recommended this video now even though I’m subscribed to your changer a while now.

[@simeonstoynov52]

Awesome!

[@davestribley]

Love the hammer, do you fancy sending one over the pond to the UK?

[@frameriteairdrie578]

No shorts for me! On Sunday the daily high is expected to be -25 with the low at -30. Monday should warm up to -23.

[@jakelesnake4927]

Great job, but what was wrong with it to start with?

[@astrologie8603]

J'adore tes vidéos, dommage qu'elles ne soient pas traduite en français sous titré

[@adriancuevas91]

What kind of dust mask is that mate?

[@godbluffvdgg]

We have to use LVL beams for those spans...What's with the pink wood?

[@sethdistler8551]

That is the treatment process in New Zealand. Turns the timber pink.

[@borisreid3053]

Could you use an I-beam or, even better, LVL beam instead of wide timber?

[@mattchibi]

100% you could. We typically would use LVL, 2 or 3 or even 4 ply laminated together sometimes, depending on the load & engineer's recommendations. Another option would be a steel beam (bit more costly, but can take a greater load & is more stable over time). From Toronto

[@leonb1111]

@@mattchibi LVL is a must 300mm x 62mmand for your info it's more stable than metal

[@leonb1111]

LVL is a must 300mm x 62mmand for your info it's more stable than metal

[@mattchibi]

@leon baydoun Hey man- you're not completely wrong! LVL is not stronger than Structural Steel though- LVL carries much less load than a steal beam could; however, there are still some advantages to using LVL beams. Let me explain: Yes LVL is 2 x 12 typically, but can span to as big as 2" x 23-7/8". We will typically pack a few of them together to create massive wooden beam- as per engineer specs. Yes- I do prefer working with LVL, over steel beam- LVL is much lighter, and easier to cut & move. However- structural steel I-beams are typically much stronger and can carry a much bigger load- allowing for larger open spaces that you wouldn't be able to achieve with any wood construction. Steel is typically MUCH more expensive due to the difficulty that comes from moving and installing the heavy beams. That being said- the main difference is when you introduce fire to them. Steel has a melting point of 1300~ F; and while most data shows that house fires only reach 1100~ F- it has been shown from more modern studies (and my personal experience) that due to the excessive amounts of plastics/synthetics/foams that is very popular in modern furniture (such as mattresses, couches, etc) that house fires can reach much higher temps- closer to 1500+ F. Even at the lower 1100 F temps, steel's main deficiency is that it will weaken over time, before it eventually buckles on itself. That being said- it would take minimum around 15-25 minutes of intense fire before that steel beam fails. The main reason I say that LVL is less "stable" is because we typically use LVL beams in conjunction with other wooden construction materials. All wooden materials (even LVL) can shrink as moisture dissipates. This can cause your beam to shift out of level ever so slightly (we're talking 1/4" to 1/2" over 30' at most) after it has already been installed. This is much less likely to happen with steel beams, as it typically rests on an other vertical steel beam that sits over the concrete foundation, and the joints are locked permanently after welding. Hope that helps!

[@mattchibi]

Sorry to expand- in comparison, wood beams when exposed to fire will have a reaction on the surface called "charring" that blackens and hardens the wood on the outside, protecting the inner core. Due to this reaction, wood beams have been proven to fail or deflect significantly less than a steel beam would when both are in the presence of fire. In one study, a steel beam failed completely after exposed to fire for 30 minutes, while a wooden beam still retained 75% of its original wood under the same test. (www.jlconline.com/how-to/roofing/q-a-performance-of-wood-vs-steel-beams-in-a-fire_o) That being said, most structural elements will need to be replaced anyways if a fully involved house fire burns for 15+ minutes. And most occupants who have not been evacuated would probably be deceased. anyhow- so it really makes no difference. I'd go with steel beams if it were my dream house & I would just install an extensive and highly efficient sprinkler system lol.

[@scruiser80]

You should make a whole video of Paerau out takes!

[@robertsmitg6884]

I have one question can somebody please tell me the name of those Jack's they are using it where can I buy them from I would think that would be called twist Jack's but when I look that up I don't get anything

[@baldyslapnut.]

In UK they're called Acrow props.

[@ccruz9591]

It looks the same to me!!

[@fd3871]

why is your lumber pink? fire retardant? your version of pressure-treated lumber? if so, why is it required inside?

[@my520graj]

If it will fall down, and you live in the NZ. Than from my point of view in the UK it will fall up? 🤔

[@amondeuchar2582]

I had this convo just last night with my UK fam that are visiting us here in ellerslie. "Does it freak you out that everyone you know is upside down?". They had to think about it.

[@fanaticz666]

Nah man earth is flat

[@Gramix666]

earth is flat

[@lostintime8651]

They have different gravity there.

[@MegaTapdog]

Watch the water swirl down the drain in the other direction....it’s mesmerizing. SQUIRREL!!

[@espnmk]

scott tell me you put more nails on that support beam than what is saw on the video, great video bud...

[@HamishRobinson]

Looking at replacing a window with french doors and extend a deck... but no contact phone number anywhere? How do people get a quote :)

[@zaneh6224]

@Hamish Robinson Go to Google type scott brown carpentry, takes you to his website, then use the menu and choose contact or just go here scottbrowncarpentry.com/contact/

[@ScottBrownCarpentry]

Thanks Zane, yeah that's the way to get in touch. Email is on Instagram and the website has a contact form . Cheers!

[@philstation335]

Hi Scott I'm from UK do all work like you great vids...how com you you ain't gone for the dewalt nail guns I had paslodes but I've changed to dewalt best thing I done

[@derekgarcia5999]

Man I’d love to come work with you guys

[@laica12345]

Where did u get that hammer?

[@ILoveLSD13]

Love it when a day goes smoothly and to plan, still don't understand how sparkeys and plumber's get paid more than we do 😂

[@tristanpatterson3843]

Maybe they do by the hour, but If you put 12% on top of them, you'll be doing better.

[@matteGT98]

Is this paraus house?

[@themagpie_1]

if you ever work in the UK, mainly Devon i`d love to buy you guys a beer..

[@skliros9235]

That attic needs some more insulation.

[@robertlinell8467]

I really like your pink wood :)

[@duanemartz9317]

Was wondering why is the wood pink?

[@QALibrary]

This type of job you have to make sure that maths and physics are correct and your insurance is up to date - just in case

[@ensiobygg5004]

Why the pink on your lumber?

[@wesgottschall778]

"Does it look like im really fuckin buildin?" hahahahaha

[@deanno7067]

Hi Scott, new subscriber love your channel just wondering if you put any more studs either side to support the beam?

[@MrHianga]

Wouldn't need it as there was already a double stud then an opening/under stud on that 2

[@deanno7067]

@@MrHianga yeah see what you're saying however after removing 4 studs that were laminated together acting like a main support for the beam i thought they wouldve needed 1 extra either side. But seeing the size of the new beams laminated together to span the opening the width of it is the difference.

[@MrHianga]

@@deanno7067 yip exactly right. The width of the 10x2 is the key and bow up. Strap vracing routed into studs that will stich studs n beam together. Then you can put cpc brackets or strap bracing from beam to top plate and bottom cord of the truss but bit of an over kill.

[@MrDeano-eu9rg]

@@MrHianga I'm not an engineer but I can almost guarantee there should have been double under studs out of LVL as that single line stud is taking heaps of extra load.

[@MrHianga]

@@MrDeano-eu9rgI can understand your point, that there is the most commonly used method in nz for any door or window opening, as there was already a door there the depth of the lintel is what's taking the weight, the diaphragm of the French door also helps with rigidity..putting another understud does nothing..the only other reason it would be added would be subject to engineering specifications submitted into the plans and specs..to add another under stud would mean to rip decking up, put more piles in and joists directly underneath the opening to take the weight for a stud each side, when there's already 1 there in the same spot..the load that those middle studs that were extracted is now transferred to wider/bigger lintel installed, then transferred to the exact same place as the original opening and under studs to joist, to bearer, to the post, to the ground..hope that clears it up

[@michaellealavaa3942]

Do you need consent to remove a load bearing wall and install a 240x90 beam with an opening of 3.6m?

[@paulliddell2517]

Great content mate, wish I could wear shorts to work but there’s snow here in edinburgh 😂

[@hrpgash]

Hey guys did u need a consent or code of compliance?

[@madelyncameron7883]

Is it possible to remove a brick load bearing wall?

[@ScottBrownCarpentry]

It's possible, but I would seek a local professional first

[@engr.raffidimakuta6311]

Hello. May I ask what the temporary circular steel post is called?

[@nathanunsworth1255]

Engr. Raffi Dimakuta RCe they are acrow props

[@engr.raffidimakuta6311]

@@nathanunsworth1255 Thank you! I am going to use your idea here. I will be retrofitting additional columns on an existing house with no rc columns.

[@col2959]

Another stud each side supporting the lvl might have been used here

[@throwbacktailgaterso.c6317]

I would say the same but all you need is one. I use 2

[@MySpace662]

Those are windows?

[@DrPogosyan]

Does anyone know what the metal props are called if I want to buy one?

[@Snailman3000]

Acrow props

[@superwiseman452]

safety glasses?

[@gregharris8777]

Walk my way And a thousand violins begin to play Or it might be the sound of your hello That music I hear I get misty the moment you're near

[@sandspritpark]

what is diferent from b4? looks exactly the same... go from 0:35 to 7:20 run your pointer back and forth

[@Neubs-xv8tw]

I agree, total waste of time. I thought it was going to be all windows, not another set of twin glass doors.

[@tylerdobdob23]

Did you muppets actually watch the video? He clearly said the new windows aren't ready so they put the old ones back in for now.

[@rodbrown8306]

Talented

[@Patrone68]

The barefoot construction, you mad lad.lol Pro :P

[@chocolate_squiggle]

Paerau's money shot - while wearing sunnies inside!

[@veazeyca1988]

Why is the wood pink?

[@jgwatkin7023]

Hey Scott how would you rate the durability of your hammer? I'll admit I abuse my trusty estwing 20oz I'd love to try something new but I worry about the timber handle breaking

[@ScottBrownCarpentry]

I know what you mean, that was my concern but It's been good so far. A guy on Instagram said he's had the same hammer for 8 years and it's still going strong.

[@MrTooTechnical]

great vid. nice technique. where i am in the world, i couldnt use that type of wood, i would need LVL (laminated veneer lumber) as the span is too large.

[@zaneh6224]

@dave daved, the span was not that large, the roof load was minimal and they laminated what looked to be 2 x 290x45, easily enough for that span

[@JohnJohn-bu8np]

at that span, i would go LVL or Fletch.

[@frameriteairdrie578]

I agree. But it's worth noting there is no snow load there, also the roof won't be asphalt shingles which usually weigh a ton.

[@godbluffvdgg]

@@zaneh6224 Doesn't matter...It's code...Any span greater than 6 foot requires a solid member...

[@zaneh6224]

@@godbluffvdgg Define solid member ? It was 2 x solid 290x45 timber, I assume MGP10 or F7 where u from USA ?

[@ejackli23]

Why you work look so easy but I fell work so hard in a Chinese construction team. And it is so difficult to find apprenticeship.

[@ackec-umsekkruch-ekucki952]

Timber lintels are not an option any more in the UK and you're only allowed over engineered steel that weighs a ton and takes forever to install. Wood is so much nicer to work with esp when you don't really need steel.