A word of warning - a 5m beam will be really heavy - like very very heavy. Weight could be an issue indoors - like the whole thing disappearing through the floor boards! Good builder and engineer may have an easier solution. Unfortunately, I am neither.
My experience of one 3m ish beam gives me and my builder nightmares - trying to get it to ceiling height was a ‘challenge’. My builder still mentions the danger now.
We had a 12m ridge beam put into our bungalow when we did work a few years back.. It came in 3 bits and was installed when I got home from work.. I didn't even want to think about how they got it up and in place.. it's total weight was about 750kg..
The builder said he would never try anything like mine again. He did an identical extension last month and the hole and beam were the first thing he did. With ours the walls were built and that restricted access to put the beam in - nightmare!
A word of warning - a 5m beam will be really heavy - like very very heavy. Weight could be an issue indoors - like the whole thing disappearing through the floor boards! Good builder and engineer may have an easier solution. Unfortunately, I am neither.
My experience of one 3m ish beam gives me and my builder nightmares - trying to get it to ceiling height was a ‘challenge’. My builder still mentions the danger now.