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Thanks for the reply. Your suggestions are quite useful. I appreciate the time all has taken for this thread. Mark

Thanks Zulak, Your suggestion is a idea I had not thought of and I will consider it as I stew over this project design. Mark

Thank you Qshake and ishvaaag for the replies. I hadn't foreseen the possible vertical slip that ishvaaag mentioned and I'm wondering if heavy snowfall or other event could create that condition. Could I address that issue by cutting a slotted hole in the angle brace at the point where it...

Thank you Qshake! This solution would require drilling the existing Ibeam as I see it. Would that weaken the Ibeam significantly? Would I drill 2 holes, 1/2" diameter on the larger beam? Mark

Hi, its me again. I need to edit the original post, but don't see how so I am just replying myself. In the picture referred to in the original post, the new Ibeam appears to be adjacent to the back basement wall. This is not so. The new Ibeam will be 10' from the back basement wall. Thus it...

Hello, I want to add an Ibeam in my household basement. I don't know how to attach it to the existing Ibeam so that they is no lateral movement. I have a mechanical drawing (sort of) showing the setup. It takes 39 seconds to download at 57kbs. Is it at...

Thanks for the reply Jae. That helps me develop the basic ballpark construction costs! Mark

Thank you Carl and Ishvaaag, for your replies. Your replies both indicate that cutting into the floor for a footing will be required reqardless of the final design. This is exactly what I needed to know. Thank you both very much! I am not looking forward to cutting up a perfectly good...

Hi, I am designing a small home fallout shelter in the basement. I am worried that building an interior concrete block wall will crack the basement floor. The wall will weight 750lb per sq ft, for a lenght of 6 feet. The entire 6 ft long wall will carry 4,500 lbs of weight on top of the...