How concerned should I be about the split in the beam?
How concerned should I be about the split in the beam?
I noticed this a few years ago and forgot about it. How concerning is this?
Where is it and what's it supporting?
Has it gotten any larger? And do you have a photo from further away?
Here is the further away part. And surprisingly no, it has not gotten any bigger.
We had a glulam beam replaced under home insurance that wasn't as bad as that.
Go hire a structural engineer to inspect it though, that's what we did. Helped immensely with our claim too.
I have no idea why that uploaded upside down...
Here are more shots of it.
The beam contains the center of tree which is prone to checking. The load bearing properties of the beam are predominantly on the outer sides not the center.
Seen enough deck posts on reddit to gather this is common and more of an aesthetic thing. Obviously you can ask a structural engineer for a real opinion. But this does not look all that concerning.
I'd be more concerned that your garage door spring is not enclosed. Those things get nasty when they pop.