Recent content by riyou

If its any help,i am doing the same job to my house. Building control will have to be imformed about this and they will want to see Structural Engineers calculations for the steel work and padstones etc. You cant guess this and just 'bung up' a rsj and besides you will need building control to...

its a UC 152x152......3.5m span one end sits on a 600Lx100Wx150H padstone on the inner leaf of a cavity wall at 90degrees....other end on the same size padstone into internal wall also at 90degrees. I want to build 9" piers,not for support but as a feature and also so that the steel has...

I need the build a pier to support a rst,can i use a wall starter for this or do i have to tooth in to the internal wall

Get a structural Engineer in to do calculations and drawings. You will need this for Building Control. Dont just bung in a rsj and knockout the wall, you wont be able to sell in the future if you do this

Thinking of hiring one of these to lift up a RSJ into position. Anyone used these?

To remove the lock you have to drill out the rivits,you will notice that after this has been done the metal still wont come out this is because it bonded with sealer(the bit that touches the inside of the door)with a stanley blade cut through the sealer and remove the metal box. To remove the...

Structural Engineers drawing for a thru kitchen/diner shows a rsj sitting on padstones 600L x 100w x 150h,rsj going on the inner wall of a cavity at one end. Can you you buy preformed padstones this size, or is it best to cast in-situ,if the latter do i support the rsj at the required postion...

Yep thats what i was going to do,run 2 seperate circuits in 6mm/32 breaker with 2 ccu's above worktop,but i seem to get different answers from some ive asked. Thanx

Kitchen is all stripped out so i can do what is ness. oven 5kw hob 5.8kw Distance from CU to CCU will be 9m ( from CU,clipped along ceiling joist and then chased down wall to CU Now then,i really only want to run just 1 cable from CU to feed both the oven and hob. So my questions are...