Amazing wooden beam connection installation work tips | Structure build tips

Amazing wooden beam supported installation work tips | Structure build tips

Beam pocket. This old farmhouse has exterior walls that are made of two layers of brick, plaster on inside, and stucco on outside - no wood. The floor joists inside are pocketed into the brick just as I’m doing here with this structural beam. The double 2x beam got wrapped with zip tape for some added protection against the tiny amount of moisture that could be in the brick. And I’m injecting anchor setting epoxy around the beam to lock it in place. I didn’t have mortar mix, and the epoxy is har