# So where would I get a steel I-Beam in Buffalo? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [September 27, 2006, 5:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-where-would-i-get-a-steel-i-beam-in-buffalo/18129 "2006-09-27T17:36:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 5:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-where-would-i-get-a-steel-i-beam-in-buffalo/18129/1 "2006-09-27T17:36:56Z")
Yup, I need a 6" x 4" x 8’ Steel I-Beam. Not sure where to get such an animal. I’m thinking Hector’s is probably all out… ---
**Author:** ![djdstar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/djdstar/32/7617_2.png) [@djdstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/djdstar)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 5:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-where-would-i-get-a-steel-i-beam-in-buffalo/18129/2 "2006-09-27T17:48:58Z")
Did you check between my legs? :mamoru: ---
**Author:** ![oldford](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f17d59/32.png) [@oldford](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/oldford)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 5:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-where-would-i-get-a-steel-i-beam-in-buffalo/18129/3 "2006-09-27T17:51:37Z")
there is a place in Kenmore that sells all that stuff. I got my 30 foot I beam from them. Ill find out the name ---
**Author:** ![97FormulaWS-6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/97formulaws-6/32/7384_2.png) [@97FormulaWS-6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/97FormulaWS-6)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 5:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-where-would-i-get-a-steel-i-beam-in-buffalo/18129/4 "2006-09-27T17:52:27Z")
talk to Audios; his father and him run a large steel fab business. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 5:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-where-would-i-get-a-steel-i-beam-in-buffalo/18129/5 "2006-09-27T17:52:39Z")
> [@DarkkstaR](#): > > Did you check between my legs? :mamoru: OK so we’ve got the 4 inch dimension covered, now about the other two… :hay: ---
**Author:** ![djdstar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/djdstar/32/7617_2.png) [@djdstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/djdstar)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 6:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-where-would-i-get-a-steel-i-beam-in-buffalo/18129/6 "2006-09-27T18:00:06Z")
> [@BikerFry](#): > > OK so we’ve got the 4 inch dimension covered, now about the other two… > > :hay: har har, well played Four inches of FURY. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 6:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-where-would-i-get-a-steel-i-beam-in-buffalo/18129/7 "2006-09-27T18:04:32Z")
> [@DarkkstaR](#): > > har har, well played > > Four inches of FURY. :lol: So you’re saying you can give a woman the best 10 seconds of her life? ---
**Author:** ![djdstar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/djdstar/32/7617_2.png) [@djdstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/djdstar)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 6:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-where-would-i-get-a-steel-i-beam-in-buffalo/18129/8 "2006-09-27T18:40:49Z")
> [@BikerFry](#): > > :lol: So you’re saying you can give a woman the best 10 seconds of her life? LOL. “come on guys, it’s the way you use it” ---
**Author:** ![SilencingMachine](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/silencingmachine/32/7593_2.png) [@SilencingMachine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SilencingMachine)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 7:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-where-would-i-get-a-steel-i-beam-in-buffalo/18129/9 "2006-09-27T19:01:00Z")
Metal Supermarkets (716) 877-7494 2230 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo, NY [http://www.metalsupermarkets.com/](http://www.metalsupermarkets.com/) try giving this place a call. i see W and H beams under structural steel… is that what you want? :gotme: ---
**Author:** ![vq30de](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9dc877/32.png) [@vq30de](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/vq30de)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 7:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-where-would-i-get-a-steel-i-beam-in-buffalo/18129/10 "2006-09-27T19:33:24Z")
> [@SilencingMachine](#): > > Metal Supermarkets (716) 877-7494 2230 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo, NY > > [http://www.metalsupermarkets.com/](http://www.metalsupermarkets.com/) > > try giving this place a call. > > i see W and H beams under structural steel… is that what you want? :gotme: yep. theyll have it. Theres one black guy that I used to go there, im not sure if hes there, but he rules. If you pull your car round back he sells it to you like 1/2 price lol… ---
**Author:** ![drvnkd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/drvnkd/32/109615_2.png) [@drvnkd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/drvnkd)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2006, 5:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-where-would-i-get-a-steel-i-beam-in-buffalo/18129/11 "2006-09-28T05:58:40Z")
:tup: i have been looking for one of those… i need to jack up my kitchen floor. i had to use a 4x4 since i could not find an I beam. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2006, 7:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-where-would-i-get-a-steel-i-beam-in-buffalo/18129/12 "2006-09-28T07:17:10Z")
> [@drvnkd](#): > > :tup: > i have been looking for one of those… > i need to jack up my kitchen floor. > i had to use a 4x4 since i could not find an I beam. Then you want a jack pole, not a beam. :tup: And you don’t use I-Beams to support compressive loads. An I-beams’ strength is in bending. A 4x4 is actually more appropriate, although a jack-pole is ideal because you can put it in place and slowly (1/4 turn per day?) lift the floor. ---
**Author:** ![n20junkie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/n20junkie/32/7396_2.png) [@n20junkie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/n20junkie)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2006, 7:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-where-would-i-get-a-steel-i-beam-in-buffalo/18129/13 "2006-09-28T07:41:25Z")
> [@vq30de](#): > > yep. theyll have it. Theres one black guy that I used to go there, im not sure if hes there, but he rules. If you pull your car round back he sells it to you like 1/2 price lol… The black guy got canned like over a year ago, go figure. I would not go to the supermarket for a beam, they sell by the pound, at an outragous rate, think small stuff only. For future reference, sometimes its better to buy a full legnth than a shorter one. Buffalo steel is a great place to get stuff like that. We get box tubing and stuff there for trailers and snowboard rails that we build for holiday valley. buffalo steel 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![drvnkd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/drvnkd/32/109615_2.png) [@drvnkd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/drvnkd)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2006, 7:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-where-would-i-get-a-steel-i-beam-in-buffalo/18129/14 "2006-09-28T07:42:56Z")
i used 2 jack poles supporting teh 4x4. they framed around my chimney and 4 or so joices are not connected to the center beam of the house. so, that section of kitchen floor sunk 4" across 4’ ☹ (hold a 4’ level so its level and measeure the gap between floor and level) an I beam would just look better… 😃 i did bend my 1st jack post while trying to jack up the house. it was the cheap, thin wall balck ones you can buy in a box. i still havce not fixed all my cracked door frames, but most of my doors close now 😃 i just need to jack it up a little higher, then i’ll fix the plaster/drywall stuff. I would LOVE to replace my wood cetner beam with an I-beam too… but i dont have thousands of $$ to waste ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2006, 7:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-where-would-i-get-a-steel-i-beam-in-buffalo/18129/15 "2006-09-28T07:56:47Z")
> [@drvnkd](#): > > i used 2 jack poles supporting teh 4x4 Ohhhhhhhhhhhh dur, sorry. Haha I was thinking you were putting the I-Beam in vertically. Haha that makes more sense. 😛 Funny how houses can actually be reshaped and shit. Kinda boggles the mind when you’re not used to dealing with structural problems. :bloated: ---
**Author:** ![drvnkd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/drvnkd/32/109615_2.png) [@drvnkd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/drvnkd)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2006, 8:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-where-would-i-get-a-steel-i-beam-in-buffalo/18129/16 "2006-09-28T08:05:10Z")
bah… i paid $52k less than my neighbor for a house " as is " (after the inspector went through that is) i think i got a fair price, but the neighbors insist i got a great deal… they dont have to live with a swamp of a garage though. its built just below grade and all the sills have rotted away ☹ from the knees up, its fine, but the pad is to low and its shit. ive spent more on my house in the past year or two than i have on all my toys ☹ i did get a town garbage can though, so that makes me happy 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2006, 8:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-where-would-i-get-a-steel-i-beam-in-buffalo/18129/17 "2006-09-28T08:07:11Z")
^Well if you’re doing shit yourself like lifting floors so that doors close, I’m guessing you’ll be flipping this house for a decent buck in a year or two or ten? ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2006, 8:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-where-would-i-get-a-steel-i-beam-in-buffalo/18129/18 "2006-09-28T08:09:50Z")
Alp steel ---
**Author:** ![drvnkd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/drvnkd/32/109615_2.png) [@drvnkd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/drvnkd)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2006, 8:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-where-would-i-get-a-steel-i-beam-in-buffalo/18129/19 "2006-09-28T08:36:39Z")
> [@BikerFry](#): > > ^Well if you’re doing shit yourself like lifting floors so that doors close, I’m guessing you’ll be flipping this house for a decent buck in a year or two or ten? i wish… a 2 y/o, a 0 y/o due ~10/24, and grad school does not mix well with working on the car or house anymore 🙂 maybe when i find a real job that pays $$, i’ll trade up the living quarters 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2006, 8:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-where-would-i-get-a-steel-i-beam-in-buffalo/18129/20 "2006-09-28T08:46:14Z")
^There ya go, in the mean time just keep it standing and let that wonderful thing that happens to houses that doesn’t to cars do its thing. What’s it called? Oh yeah: Appreciation! :tup: