This was more of a heavy lifting weekend. - The engineered I-joists are 28' long and come in at 140#. They were the easy part. - The big mamu's were the LVL beams. They were 3.5" thick x 16" tall. One was 23 ft (345#) and the other 28 ft (420#). They're not THAT heavy...until they are suspended over your head. Should be no problem for you average husband/wife construction crew. - ALL JACKED UP For the shorter LVL, we put the wall jacks back to work. - - - - The longer beam at 28' was a bit trickier. Because it is longer than the space within the wall framing, we had to jack it up until it bumped into the bottom sides of the wall top plates, shift it over through the garage door opening to allow it to continue upward on the opposing end. Then, continue jacking up only one end to elevate it high enough to clear the top of the wall, shift it about 8" laterally while on an angle at 9' high, and continue jacking up the other end to meet the first. Yeah, quite a few pucker moments as this 420# beast stood at 9' high precariously perched atop 2 pc of 2 x 4 legs. Sorry; no time for pics during the actual raising process. - - We finished on Sunday evening at dark o'clock, so no final progress pics. Only this mid Sunday progress report.
