Carving with just a little turning
john lucas
We have a beam in our house that is 4x8. The genius who built it notched it 4x4 near the middle to insert another beam at 90 degrees. That beam supports the upper guest bedroom and part of the hallway. It has sagged about an inch. I was worried it would sag more. I built a 3x8 beam and then carved Red Oak leaves into it. I put it up with 6 large lag screws and then filled the holes with turned plugs. Certainly looks better than it did. I tried jacking the beam up but either the floor was moving or the beam wasn't and it was making a bad racket I quite and installed my new beam. It's about 6 feet long and has 26 leaves.
