Hi,
I have been fallowing the forum for a while but haven't said much because most of the time, if I have a question someone has already asked it. Well I have been searching for ideas on the forum for wrapping lally columns and haven't turned up much.
I am replacing a load-bearing wall with a Big Beam, 10"x7 1/4". The engineer specified lally columns on for load bearing posts. The house already have some wood posts which have been wrapped in rough pine in the finished basement. Where I am working the trim is clear pine and I want to continue that look. Where am am struggling is in effectively attaching the post cover so that it is sturdy, because I cant nail into the metal and want any fasteners to be concealed to the appearance of a 8 X 8 post. The beam will be wrapped in pine as well. I plan to put dado's in the sides of my beam covers which will hold the bottom 3/4" above the bottom of the sides, allowing for expansion and contraction without compromising the look. My posts will sit up inside that 3/4" recess.
Attached is a picture from a job I completed last fall with a similar detail. In that instance the post was let into the sheetrock which wrapped the LVL beam, wrapped in 5/4 knotty pine and I used pocket screws into the floor and beam. I then plugged the holes with kreg plugs. It worked ok but not so well that I'm not curious for other ideas.
Looking forward to hearing other peoples ideas.
I have been fallowing the forum for a while but haven't said much because most of the time, if I have a question someone has already asked it. Well I have been searching for ideas on the forum for wrapping lally columns and haven't turned up much.
I am replacing a load-bearing wall with a Big Beam, 10"x7 1/4". The engineer specified lally columns on for load bearing posts. The house already have some wood posts which have been wrapped in rough pine in the finished basement. Where I am working the trim is clear pine and I want to continue that look. Where am am struggling is in effectively attaching the post cover so that it is sturdy, because I cant nail into the metal and want any fasteners to be concealed to the appearance of a 8 X 8 post. The beam will be wrapped in pine as well. I plan to put dado's in the sides of my beam covers which will hold the bottom 3/4" above the bottom of the sides, allowing for expansion and contraction without compromising the look. My posts will sit up inside that 3/4" recess.
Attached is a picture from a job I completed last fall with a similar detail. In that instance the post was let into the sheetrock which wrapped the LVL beam, wrapped in 5/4 knotty pine and I used pocket screws into the floor and beam. I then plugged the holes with kreg plugs. It worked ok but not so well that I'm not curious for other ideas.
Looking forward to hearing other peoples ideas.
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