Post in 3 car garage

[Richard Arthur Fenner]

I saw a question about removing posts in a garage, but my question is about notching one. I need to park my car a couple inches back in order to open my driver's side door and leave enough space for my wife to walk in front of my car. My post is 8.75" square. The post supports a bedroom over the garage. It appears it has been plastered over a mesh. The house was built by Standard Pacific in So Cal (1998). Before cutting deeply into the post I'm wondering if anyone has an idea what I will find to know if notching it is even feasible.
Thanks

 

[mike93lx]

Without a lot more information, any good advice will be tough.

Hard to imagine it is just there for show, though

 

[Richard Arthur Fenner]

It's definitely not there for show. It's between the single and double stall of a three car garage helping support the 2nd floor above it. Wondering if anyone knows what the structural element inside the post might be? Would it be metal or wood and what size? If it's 3 or 4 inches wide or in diameter I may be able to remove the decorative wire and mesh in one small section in order to open my door when parked farther back in the garage.

 

[AffableCurmudgeon]

It's definitely not there for show. It's between the single and double stall of a three car garage helping support the 2nd floor above it. Wondering if anyone knows what the structural element inside the post might be? Would it be metal or wood and what size? If it's 3 or 4 inches wide or in diameter I may be able to remove the decorative wire and mesh in one small section in order to open my door when parked farther back in the garage.

How would anyone know? Clairvoyancy is not something that random people on the internet just habitually possess.
Hire a professional to come in, evaluate and give you an answer that you can be sure is not going to demolish your house.
Or you can ask on Reddit - everyone is an expert there.

 

[mike93lx]

It's definitely not there for show. It's between the single and double stall of a three car garage helping support the 2nd floor above it. Wondering if anyone knows what the structural element inside the post might be? Would it be metal or wood and what size? If it's 3 or 4 inches wide or in diameter I may be able to remove the decorative wire and mesh in one small section in order to open my door when parked farther back in the garage.

No one here knows.

Share pictures, maybe take a chance and do a little digging. But we need way more info to offer any advice.

 

[Richard Arthur Fenner]

How would anyone know? Clairvoyancy is not something that random people on the internet just habitually possess.
Hire a professional to come in, evaluate and give you an answer that you can be sure is not going to demolish your house.
Or you can ask on Reddit - everyone is an expert there.

Since this was "Garage Journal" I thought someone might know, but I see this site has at least one ******* who gets their kicks out of demeaning people asking questions. Have a nice life!

 

[mike93lx]

Since this was "Garage Journal" I thought someone might know, but I see this site has at least one ******* who gets their kicks out of demeaning people asking questions. Have a nice life!

Bud, this is a candidate for vague question of the year.

 

[AffableCurmudgeon]

Since this was "Garage Journal" I thought someone might know, but I see this site has at least one ******* who gets their kicks out of demeaning people asking questions. Have a nice life!

Ok, thanks.

 

[P0234]

Drilling a small hole in it and using a bore scope will let you see what is inside.

 

[nadogail]

At the price of labor and materials you can be assured that the post is not decorative, Removing or. Relocation will require study and careful planning.

 

[billconner]

The plaster coating is probably based on code.

Curious if it supports a beam and which way that runs? Might be easier and safer to add another post or 2 and remove this one.

I tend to agree you need someone with structural and code experience to have eyes on it.