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The only time you would need steel beams is if the span and load is wider/more than engineering tables would allow for a standard wood I-joist.

Not having them is not an indication of quality at all. [/quote]

Ironically, you say exactly the same think the Evergreen guy told my friend.   Do you work for them?     I say you ask any structural engineer if the would accept wood posts to hold up their home vs. iron.   Yes....you will get the truth!  [/quote]

No, I don't work for Evergreene. And any reasonable structural engineer will also understand the trade offs of design and cost for residential construction. Sure, if I were building a 20 story structure, I would go with steel. For a standard, two story single family home, that is over kill.

I was trying to show the fallacy in assuming that a home without steel was low quality.

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oK....let me try this...  If $$ was not an issue, how would you build your home?   Don't tell me that you would be OK with using PT wood posts to hold up your home vs. steel posts and beam.   If you do, we will just assume you work for low grade builders.  Makes no FU****In sense to me what you are saying, unless you have a horse in the race.  [/quote]

No, I don't have a horse in the race. I was hoping to enlighten your world view slightly.

Maybe you should step back and consider what has been posted. It doesn't make sense because you have a presupposition. You are falling into the trap of negating information that conflicts with your opinion. It's called confirmation bias: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias

To build a quality home, it is about the design and how materials are used, not just the materials. I had challenged the assumption that a home without a steel beam was low quality (ie, a statement made as fact was not in truth, fact). There are plenty of quality homes that don't use any steel in their construction.  That also does not preclude using steel, or other materials, from being used as well in a quality home. [/quote]

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