KITCHEN REMODEL OF BOOSMAN RESIDENCE 135 Forest Avenue, Pacific Grove, CA 93950 Structural Changes - Relocation of Beam An earlier remodel created a larger kitchen by removing the load-bearing wall between it and an adjacent bathroom. A beam was installed to carry the load of the missing wall. Removing the entire wall would have required recessing the beam into the ceiling. Probably because it was expedient, only the bottom portion of the wall was removed and a beam was positioned to support the remaining upper portion of the wall. A dropped ceiling was then framed around the beam to hide it. This created a poorly illuminated, low- ceilinged "cave" in which working is most unpleasant. This is illustrated in Figure 1. Replacing the existing beam with a new one recessed into the ceiling joists will eliminate the dropped ceiling. The entire kitchen will then have a uniform, nine- Figure 1. Existing dropped ceiling in north end of kRchen foot-high ceiling. In order to determine what structural changes would be neceassary to relocate the beam, the sheet rock and nonstructural framework of the dropped ceiling were removed. This revealed the badly placed 4X 12 beam and the remaining upper portion of the original load-bearing wall it supports. Also revealed was that the beam and wall support the overlapping ends of the 2 X 6 ceiling joists. The opened structure is shown in Figure 2. Figure 2. Dropped ceiling after removal of sheet rock. . Figures 3 and 4 show how the beam ends are supported by the walls. Figure 3. Support of west end of beam. Figure 4. Support of east end of beam. . / *- 14 1_· .* 7- -O 1 r' 13 fl (1 0 P th b 9 6 l., 00 Structural changes necessary to replace the existing beam with a new engineered-lumber beam in the ceiling joists are shown on the accompanying drawings. Rea-MINI?TV DiA; D'CT CAUMMWI., 5 - j. ._V-m. t. 1..t»1 , OCR Text: KITCHEN REMODEL OF BOOSMAN RESIDENCE 135 Forest Avenue, Pacific Grove, CA 93950 Structural Changes - Relocation of Beam An earlier remodel created a larger kitchen by removing the load-bearing wall between it and an adjacent bathroom. A beam was installed to carry the load of the missing wall. Removing the entire wall would have required recessing the beam into the ceiling. Probably because it was expedient, only the bottom portion of the wall was removed and a beam was positioned to support the remaining upper portion of the wall. A dropped ceiling was then framed around the beam to hide it. This created a poorly illuminated, low- ceilinged "cave" in which working is most unpleasant. This is illustrated in Figure 1. Replacing the existing beam with a new one recessed into the ceiling joists will eliminate the dropped ceiling. The entire kitchen will then have a uniform, nine- Figure 1. Existing dropped ceiling in north end of kRchen foot-high ceiling. In order to determine what structural changes would be neceassary to relocate the beam, the sheet rock and nonstructural framework of the dropped ceiling were removed. This revealed the badly placed 4X 12 beam and the remaining upper portion of the original load-bearing wall it supports. Also revealed was that the beam and wall support the overlapping ends of the 2 X 6 ceiling joists. The opened structure is shown in Figure 2. Figure 2. Dropped ceiling after removal of sheet rock. . Figures 3 and 4 show how the beam ends are supported by the walls. Figure 3. Support of west end of beam. Figure 4. Support of east end of beam. . / *- 14 1_· .* 7- -O 1 r' 13 fl (1 0 P th b 9 6 l., 00 Structural changes necessary to replace the existing beam with a new engineered-lumber beam in the ceiling joists are shown on the accompanying drawings. Rea-MINI?TV DiA; D'CT CAUMMWI., 5 - j. ._V-m. t. 1..t»1 , Heritage Society of Pacific Grove,Historical Collections,Historic Properties of Pacific Grove,Forest,135 Forest,135 FOREST AVE_019.pdf,135 FOREST AVE_019.pdf 1 Page 1, Tags: 135 FOREST AVE_019.PDF, 135 FOREST AVE_019.pdf 1 Page 1