summer beam

Isaac Kremer/ January 14, 2018/ / 0 comments

In seventeenth century timber-framed houses, the summer beam was the largest beam spanning from wall to wall, and carrying the smaller floor joists for the second-story rooms. The term derives from an archaic term for a mule or pack horse which carries the heaviest load. (Howe, 2002)

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