Like I said, we got off a lot luckier than we thought we would in the support dept. We want to keep the space as open as possible and we will be able to do this. Our main source of supports is a lot of steel posts down the centre of the house and on the inside of the flue. We were wanting to keep the foyer open, there used to be two doors and a post in the middle. So we had a steel cradle made for the front beam and put steel posts on either side of it. It is working so far ;o)
We also poured a new door sill for the posts to rest on because the exsisting one was cracked.
The beams in this house are amazing and in great shape. They certainly don't build houses like this anymore.
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