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How do you know the original beam was over-spec'd? What do you mean, "have the house moved onto it"? Don't understand "with add'l rebar"...where would the rebar be? What do you mean by "to handle the load"? It appears that you are in 'way over your head here as a designer, and one should not expect structural design from a forum such as this. A W10x22 is a fairly light steel beam, so I suspect the original engineer knew what he was doing.
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Still don't understand..where is the rebar in a wood foundation? And WHO says it is over-spec'd? How can we possibly know whether the steel beam is oversize or undersize or just right? How can you expect us to do structural design with no information, for free? If you are unable to do it, your ethical obligation to your client and the community is to retain the services of someone who can do it.
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