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OMG!WTF! · 05-09-2017, 07:09 AM

I have seen several older houses with steel beams in the basement that still have framed trusses. There must have been a builder in the '60's that used them a lot. I don't think they are correlated with a scissor truss system. And hip roofs could be either. If yours is older than 1970 you probably have a framed in truss system. I suspect also that no matter how the beam in the basement works, the removal of a wall might still require additional support in the basement. The house will absolutely remain standing if you have the scissor trusses without posts and a beam. But if you use posts at all and don't add support in the basement you will forever get that annoying drywall crack in the ceiling right at the corner of the post unless it happens to rest right on the steel beam.

05-09-2017, 07:09 AM	#1285
OMG!WTF! Franchise Player Join Date: Oct 2014 Exp:	I have seen several older houses with steel beams in the basement that still have framed trusses. There must have been a builder in the '60's that used them a lot. I don't think they are correlated with a scissor truss system. And hip roofs could be either. If yours is older than 1970 you probably have a framed in truss system. I suspect also that no matter how the beam in the basement works, the removal of a wall might still require additional support in the basement. The house will absolutely remain standing if you have the scissor trusses without posts and a beam. But if you use posts at all and don't add support in the basement you will forever get that annoying drywall crack in the ceiling right at the corner of the post unless it happens to rest right on the steel beam. Last edited by OMG!WTF!; 05-09-2017 at 07:18 AM.