Introducing the Beam

We are installing an engineered beam in the house & it is 33 feet long. That's a big piece of wood to navigate around west Bamfield. But Phil managed to find some volunteers to hoist it up onto the truck & it made it to the house without any mishaps.


This is our 'pretty' piece of wood. Phil put 3 coats of varathane on it as it will be exposed inside.

On Monday the 27th, the boys decided to put the beam up onto the second floor. They aren't quite ready for it - but it will be easier for them having it half the way up! Tom use the excavator & the following pictures show how they got the beam up off the ground, over the hillside & up to the first floor.

Getting the beam up wasn't too hard, but swinging it into the house was a bit tricky as the excavator couldn't move too close to the house - it is sitting on top of a hill.


Phil's weigh-bill from the Lady Rose said the beam was only 350 pounds, but he thinks it's more close to 500 pounds, so having this swinging around in the air is pretty scary - but the boys on the ground had a good hold on it from below.


Support wood was put underneath the beam once it was in the house - we don't want it warping!!





Finally, the beam is ready to be slid into the house - can you guess how they did it?

The excavator pushed it in with the edge of the bucket....