Pole in the middle of the bedroom... and not the fun kind
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Anonymous
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In all seriousness, I am trying not to go nuts over this. We knocked down a wall to combine our small master bedroom with our good size sitting room. I was assured by two different contractors and a home inspector that this was not a load bearing wall and would be no problem. Well, as soon as the wall was down, it turned out that there WAS a problem, and the only way to fix it is by putting up a pole, essentially. Or a "column" if you want to be fancy about it.
However you want to call it, there is a pole in the middle of my bedroom and I am kind of flipping my shit. I do not want my bedroom to look like a basement with a random pole hanging out in the middle of the room. I can't even think of anything that could possibly improve the look of this. Not to mention resale! Has anyone dealt with this before? I would not have combined the two rooms had I known that I was going to wind up with a pole 
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Anonymous
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I don't know but that would bother me too.
On a funny note, I once knew people who used there basement as the guest bedroom and when not in use - a playroom for the kids. At the foot of the bed was one of those poles. Every time I saw that thing right next to the bed....lol. Pole dancing was all I could think of. Yes. It would bug me. Yes, I would expect the contractor to come up with a solution for it - incorporate it as a room entry or something. |
Anonymous
| Can't they reinforce the top beam and then remove the vertical pole? How old is the house? |
Anonymous
| Can they put a beam from side to side in the ceiling to carty the load? I know it's not cheap, but better than a pole in the bedroom. |
Anonymous
| Thongs and ZZ Top music... they are your future. |
Anonymous
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Is it smack dab in the middle of the room? Could you add a low bookshelf/partition extending from the column that connects with the closest wall? Create a little sitting area or something?
Try to imagine the pole as a square column -- I'm sure it looks like hell right now, but it will get better. |
Anonymous
| If there's some reason you can't microlam it up in with the above joists, I'd square the post, make it bigger and turn it into a 4 sided bookshelf or closet. Make it appear deliberate looking, not wonky. |
Anonymous
| Could you do two poles/columns to the sides of the room? |
Anonymous
| Learn to pole dance. |
Anonymous
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What about something like this little shelf idea to cover it?:
http://www.houzz.com/photos/2184855/May-Basement-Renovation-transitional-basement-calgary |
Anonymous
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If you were reassured it's not a load bearing wall, than what is the "problem " you alluded to in the post. Why is the pole there?
Is your bedroom on the middle floor? Or on the top floor with an attic above you? |
Anonymous
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make a column out of it. attach a bookcase optional:
http://st.hzcdn.com/simgs/3b2135cd0c92b6f7_4-1000/craftsman.jpg |
Anonymous
This. We ran into the same problem in our basement. They said we could deal with the pole or put a beam across to carry the load. It was the basement, so we went with the pole. But in a master bedroom, I'd spring for the beam in a heartbeat. |
Anonymous
| OP here: I asked my husband and the reason we need the pole is because it is where two beams meet. So we already put up the beams I guess. |
Anonymous
I still don't understand why you didn't put one beam all the way across. ?? It costs a lot, but is worth it. |