Cost to install steel beam

1/10/2018 at 3:46:53 PM

Hey Chris,

This greatly depends on the costs of demolition and removal of existing load bearing walls, the total legth of the steel beam, structural engineer costs, and the installation. If you are including , new finishing of the area once steel beam in place you would be between $11k to $20k. Ultimately depends on having a site meeting prior to writing an estimate so the contractor can asses the job.

1/10/2018 at 3:50:20 PM

Hello Christian.

Replacing a load bearing wall requires the construction of temporary support walls (shoring) to carry the floor and or roof load overhead while the beam is being installed. Also, some attention needs to be paid to the structural components since typically when a beam is installed, point loads are created. These loads need to be supported from the foundation up. There are several components that come into play when it comes to pricing work of this nature. A site visit is usually necessary to budget anything remotely accurate.

Hope this helps,

Giulian.

1/10/2018 at 4:29:26 PM

My first thought is why use steal I haven't used the steel beam in over 10 years we use wood laminate 2.0 beams nowadays

1/10/2018 at 7:10:21 PM

I am also questioning the use of a steel beam in comparison to laminate?

1/10/2018 at 8:24:09 PM

Hi There!

I do lot of removal of structural walls,first, structural engineers needs to be involved and He makes decision either steel beam or LVL beam to be installed.Most contractors think ,how to support structure up above ,not realizing they separated one side of the House from the other by removing load bearing wall.Without seeing existing condition and more details it's hard to give You the quote,on everidge quote including structural drawing is $15,000.00

1/10/2018 at 9:47:27 PM

This would be in the range of $12000 just for the rough-in structure work. You might can still use an LVL beams with bigger depth for a bit of a cheaper price