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Size of beam

jimrac
9 years ago

Hello all,

I have a upper level deck that sits up about 8 feet or so; my beam wil sit about 12 feet out from the ledger; i have 2x10 joists, and also, 3 piers supporting the beam which will be about 16 feet wide or so and piers are split proportionally.

Now, can I get away with only 2, 2x10's composing my beam? Go with 3? What are the maximums?

Thank you in advance.

Jim

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