re: Someone in Lake Charles got a pretty sick looking patio built * Update from owner pg 13 *

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I'm not in construction but is that horizontal "beam" really just a bunch of stacked 2x6s?

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Well, a laminated beam is stacked lumber but it is glued and made in a factory for a reason. That's the only way it can pass code and be used for open area structure support. What he did was not only not code but also not needed. Looks like his columns were not tall enough so he just stacked lumber to add height.