Structural Wood Beam Replacement Nightmare – Amazing DIY Story

The story I am about to tell you may not be true, but what it says is incredible and should be shared with others. There are some home repairs that should not be done by DIYers and structural wood beam replacement is one of them.

I was contacted by a real estate professional who had just bought a top repairman and had some structural damage to the wood beams. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing, once I finally got to work. The ridge of the roof was sinking into a wonderful two-story Victorian house.

The real estate professional greeted me and gave me a tour of all the structural damage to the house. She told me that the man, who owned the house before, decided to do the structural wood beam repair on the roof on his own. Obviously this man knew nothing about structural wood frames and as I later found out, it cost him his life.

The real estate professional told me the story he had heard from the wife of the man who tried to make these difficult structural repairs. He didn’t need to hear the whole story, because he could see what had really happened and where his inexperience cost him his life.

Supported a section of the ceiling properly, but forgot to continue these supports all the way to the ground. When he started to remove a section of the roof, he put too much pressure on the floor and collapsed.

Obviously this structural beam replacement and home repair was not worth it and should have been done by a professional. I’d really like DIYers to think twice, before replacing structural framing components in their homes, if they really don’t understand how these framing components work.