DEAR TIM: I’m getting ready to build a large room addition that needs a beam to support the floor joists. I’ve been told that a wood beam will work, but I’ve always seen steel I-beams in other houses.

Did you see in the recent news the catastrophic gas explosion that killed nine people on the island of Jersey in the English Channel? It’s early in the investigation, and the experts may not ever be ...

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The Aurora Bridge will lose a southbound lane for several days, until the state severs and replaces a segment of corroded beam supporting the road deck. The pavement sagged a half inch near the middle ...

It’s a common sight in Chicago: Pickup trucks in the alleys, piled high with old appliances, large rusty beams and broken bikes, all held together with webbing or rope. At the wheel of these trucks ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- Two rusty, jagged-edged beams salvaged from the ruins of the World Trade Center were joined together Monday in the new bell tower of a Roman Catholic church near the Rio ...