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Previous owner drilled 2 3” holes near the top of the beam. Im gutting the garage so i am going to replace the mess while its opened. I gutted the house when i bought it so there is no plumbing running through these bays. Upstairs power goes across the top plate and this beam stops at the wall...

Thats what i thought but every single joist is 7” even. Not one of them is 7 1/4”. Maybe the 2x8s were 7 even when the house was built

The floor joists are 2x7s. So an 11+ lvl will be sticking down even if tight to the floor. I may have worded it wrong. Thanks for posting the thread to your process. I will probaly end up with something similiar to the faux beam you had in those pictures. Thats what i was looking for.

Yes 5/8 drywall on ceiling and drywall on interior walls. Ply on exterior. Whole house had blown in insulation everywhere. It was not fun.

Just looking to see different set ups and how people dealt with the exposed portion of the beam. It will be recessed 7” into the floor and 4” below the ceiling. Looking for ideas like faux beams, paneling, etc.

Its already removed. Its 2 2x12s. The engineer already ran the calculations and sized either 2 9.5” LVLs with a 3/4 flitch or 2 11.25 LVLs with a 1/2” flitch. Just looking to see if anyone has pictures of the same setup i plan on doing.

Happy holidays. I am renovating my garage and have to replace the beam holding up the second floor. I had an engineer size the replacement with a flitch plate. This will remove the center column. Right now its 2- 2x12s with a post in the center. The span is 19’. 2-1.75x11 1/4” LVLs with a 1/2”...