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Lessons / Beams, posts and cantilevers
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When a cantilever is better
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Posts planted over the gas line where a cantilever would have cleared it.
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The rule this lesson teaches
A cantilever moves the posts clear of a window well, meter or gas line and hides the beam behind the fascia.