The posts on our porch seemed too big for the beams topping them, so our contractor popped the side off one to see if a bigger post had been built around a smaller one.They're hollow inside, and judging by the condition of the wood, they're probably original. I guess the original builder just had a weird sense of proportion...
This is one of the two posts that now have to hold up the whole house once all the "pier and post" structures are gone. It seems like a lot, to ask one piece to do the work that so many were doing before. Again, I hope the engineer knew what he was doing...
Now that the perimeter of the foundation is poured, the next step is to remove all the posts that make up the "post and pier" foundation.The plans call for all of them to be replaced with just two posts and a system of gigantic beams. It's nerve-wracking to think about, but we have to trust that the engineer knew what he was doing.
The posts on our porch seemed too big for the beams topping them, so our contractor popped the side off one to see if a bigger post had been built around a smaller one.
