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   DaveRicheson | Oct 31, 2006 03:46pm | #1

   Need more information.

   Is it a brick veneer  or multi wye load bearing brick wall. where is the terra cota tile?

   What is the beam bearing on, brick terra cota, wood, steel post or framing?

   Cutting either is straight forward with a diamond blade saw or angle grinder, and using a chipping or demo hammer inside the cut.

   Dave

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   pghdp | Nov 01, 2006 07:27am | #4

   Dave It is a brick veneer with a 4 1/2" wide terra cotta tile. No wood.
   The beam will sit on the brick and tile, but I need to cut out enough to get the 7' by 10" beam into place. I was going to build a temporary support inside for the second floor.Rich

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   pghdp | Nov 02, 2006 03:51am | #5

   Thanks for responding, today I cut the brick slid the beam in part way then cut the terra cotta and slid the beam in the rest of the way. We had a couple of cracks in the mortar, mortared brick in the gaps and filled the cracks. No problems.Thanks

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   BillHartmann | Oct 31, 2006 06:19pm | #2

   Is this structural terra cotta?

   If so have you got engineering design for the details? I really don't know anything about it, but question if it can take the point loads of a beam.

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   pghdp | Nov 01, 2006 05:59am | #3

   Bill The rest of the house has window and door openings with steel for headers so it already takes the load.