a little carving-very little turning
john lucas
I have a beam ceiling in my house. The genius's that built it notched the 4x10 to put another 4x10 into it. So basically I have just a 4x4 supporting the juncture between the guest room and hallway. Not a good idea. It is the main beam supporting this juncture. I have glued up 2 2x10's to basically give me a 3x 9 1/2. I'm carving some oak leaves into it sort of like you would a mantle. I will bolt it to the other beam with 6 lag bolts and probably some glue. I will fill the lag bolt holes with turned buttons (see I said it had turnings). I'll probably stain the leaves and leave the rest natural. It's on a beam that starts up the stairs so it should look pretty good and hopefully make that joint a little stronger.
