6x10x26 feet wood beam grid

Posted by on April 17, 2013 in My personal work, Portfolio | 18 comments

6x10x26 feet wood beam grid
6x10x 26 feet beam grid

6x10x 26 feet beam grid

Replacing rotted beams with new ones.

My client has a U shape home in Phoenix, with a nice front yard.
A grid of six by ten wood beams added lovely accent to his home.

Two years after he bought this property he decided to check those beams that were covered with aluminum sidings. The previous owner was covering a big problem there.

My client called me and asked me to bid on this job.

I started with removing the siding, some of the beams were so rotted they wanted to come down without my help.
Meaning, someone could have gotten hurt just walking under the beams.
Well, being exposed to rain and the hot sun was bad news to the wood beams.

Exposed wood must be treated properly to stay in good shape.
There are organic preservatives that will resist any microorganism and other creatures.

After the demolition was done. I installed two beams wall to wall sitting inside pockets that were there inside the walls.
My god, those six by ten by 26 feet Douglas fir were so darn heavy. We had to use an hydraulic jack to get it up there. We were three guys working on this project.

I designed a special steel brackets for the cross section wood parts to sit on.
The new beams were treated with organic wood preservative and stain for appearance.

For free estimate call shapira Builders 602-770 3438

Custom steel bracket1

18 Comments

  1. Norma Doiron April 21, 2013 at 12:31 am

    You do great work. Love it. Beautiful.

  2. Julie Wilson April 19, 2013 at 5:12 am

    Very nice work You are brilliant.

  3. Tina Ashburn April 19, 2013 at 3:54 am

    Oh, my goodness! This is amazing!

  4. Heather Petersen April 19, 2013 at 3:41 am

    Thank you for your expert information!

  5. Yvonne Brown April 19, 2013 at 3:37 am

    Dov- That looks like a tedious job!

  6. Jessica Logan April 19, 2013 at 12:09 am

    very cool!

  7. Tammie Rampley April 18, 2013 at 11:58 pm

    The beams are absolutely gorgeous…

  8. Laurie Hagedorn April 18, 2013 at 9:53 pm

    Hey! Those steel brackets are close to my heart! Love your idea and your work!

  9. Meli Horowitz April 18, 2013 at 9:33 pm

    What a beautiful addition. That you used organic wood preservative and stain, just adds to the beauty in my book!

  10. Loretta Smith April 18, 2013 at 8:26 pm

    You are definitely a master in your skill!

  11. Bradley Finnearty April 18, 2013 at 8:21 pm

    Three guys doing that work? Do you have any backs left? That is beautiful though.

  12. Veronica Solomon April 18, 2013 at 6:52 pm

    This is great. Love those beams.

  13. Betsy Charlesworth April 18, 2013 at 5:02 pm

    Very nice, I'd like one in my backyard.

    • Daneen Roy April 18, 2013 at 5:47 pm

      Pretty soon you'll have your own house to build this on!! 🙂

  14. Dani Montoya April 18, 2013 at 2:56 pm

    That is very beautiful and to sit under it and watch the Arizona sky would be awesome. Glad the homeowner got it fixed before someone got hurt.

  15. Jana Sebastian WebDesign April 18, 2013 at 2:55 pm

    Dov you are a very gifted problem-solver! great blog about 'how things are made', and how they can be made better!

  16. Robert Manea April 18, 2013 at 2:37 pm

    Is a courtyard? looks very cool!

  17. Tiffany Hampton April 18, 2013 at 2:18 pm

    WOW, that is gorgeous, I want one of these in my back yard!