Thinking of putting a beam in for our kitchen.
There is currently a partial wall separating the kitchen and dining room. It’s not load bearing
The floor joists above run the length of the room and are 2x10 and the room is 19.5 feet long.
There is no sagging that I can see however when we did the bathroom upstairs we relocated the tub so it’s almost in the middle of that span.
I’m thinking since I’m in there and removing this partial wall I should put support in just in case. Since the house is around 100 years old
Width of the room is 11 feet. Does the thickness to length rule apply in this case?
Which would mean I can go a double laminated 2x12 to span that 11ft. And then carry the weight down to the jack posts that are already there in the basement?