# Room support column failed.  How to jack up beam?

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**Created:** [November 30, 2009, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/room-support-column-failed-how-to-jack-up-beam/519422 "2009-11-30T02:55:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![StinkyBurrito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@StinkyBurrito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StinkyBurrito)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/room-support-column-failed-how-to-jack-up-beam/519422/21 "2009-12-02T21:33:11Z")

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You say, “My theory is that the floor has sagged and thing are a bit off kilter”. And later you state that, “there are no load-bearing walls involved”. But yet there is a door frame that is out of square.

My concern is that you might not know where all the load is being transfered to. There was, after all, a steal support column that was there for some purpose or another. I am not saying that you aren’t right, just that it is my concern that there is a chance you may not be.

If the beam is not butted together above the old support, not bearing any load other than the floor, and this is a simple sagging problem, then you can pretty much jack it up anyway you want.

Got any pictures or blueprints to share?

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