is it a beam, a header, a lintel or what do you call it?
JohnWalker
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I am drawing up some plans for a radiant floor house and want the floor joist ends to lap each other to keep the joists bays as free of obstructions as possible. These would bear on the TOP of the wall below. Normally I’d have a double top plate but in at least one location require an actual beam.
*What do you call that kind of beam? (I think its a lintel).
Thanks in advance for any clarification you can provide.
John
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Beam
A beam.
Lintels and headers span door and window openings.
Dave
I know what a flush beam is and what isn't.
Would this type of beam (built into the wall below) have a particular name?
thanks
john
A head-banger.
John
Built into the wall, it becomes a header if it is at the top of door height.. Bearing points on each end of the header are jack studs, followed by king studs. Depending on the load on the beam the jack stud may need to doubled. If the height is at the top or immediately under the top plate of the wall, it is just called a beam. The end bearing points, either jacks or post, need to be continouse to the floor and post or jacks below, but it sounds like you got that figured out.
we call them
dropped beams
Hope that helped
jim
That's a toe-smasher.
I'd just call it a beam. But if it's in a bearing wall, I'm not sure of the point. A bearing wall should be able to carry joists sitting on top of it. Particularly if you line up joists and wall studs (should be easy to do).
Thanks all.
The load path is a bit unusual. 2nd floor joists lap dropped beam in top of 1st floor wall. Dropped beam is supported by a column at either end within the 1st floor wall. Basement wall below is only partial and load continues down via columns.
John