Hi there.
I have small verandah on my house which there is a deck underneath.
The verandah is 4.8m long (along the house) and is 1.5m wide. The rafter spacing is 900mm.
There is a beam the length of the verandah (4.8m) which is a 190mm x 45mm lasercut treated pine. There is a post at each of the beam and a post in the middle.
I want see if I can get rid of the post in the middle as it is impeding my deck area and is a pain.
So I guess my question is how could I do this, would I need to replace the existing beam with a bigger one or is the existing one ok actually. Or could I strengthen the existing one with another beam of the same size bolted on to it or even using some steel perhaps.
Any advise appreciated.
Thanks
Kim