Hello all,
Sorry if this is common and in hindsight particularly stupid issue on this forum but...
We recently purchased our first home and were aware via the survey that it was in need of a new roof. One of the quotes we had for the roof was from a general builder and we also mentioned to him that we wanted the load bearing wall between the lounge and dinning room knocked through. He gave us a good price for both, and foolishly we chose him.
He knocked the wall through first (12 weeks ago now) and we thought he did a good job. However when replacing the roof it was obvious that he was beyond useless. He didnt stagger the tiles, started to re use the old battons. We told him to go (after already having paid him too much) and got a proper roofer in who was appalled at the work.
What is obviously now worrying me is that he has (certainly) done a bodged job on the wall. Until the roof fiasco we honestly didnt realise that you needed a SE to do the calcs and building regs to sign it off etc.
Here are the only pics that were taken when the work was being done.
As you can see. No padstones were used, but what really worries me is the steel used. I could probably live with there being no SE calcs being done but if you look closely at LHS of the first picture you can see that the RSJ isnt actually an I beam but rather a T beam (if that is what its called). Therefore all the brickwork is sitting above this narrow bit of steel! Surely this is not advised? Is this really as bad job as i fear?
As i said it has been 3 months now and there is no visible sign of impending doom. No new cracks are forming and the upstairs floors are not sagging. Some of our friends/family are inclined to leave it but i want to have peace of mind.
What exactly do i need to do now to rectify the problem and how much roughly do you think it would cost? How would you advise to find a good builder too!
I wish i could turn back the clock on the whole mess!
Thanks for your time
Sorry if this is common and in hindsight particularly stupid issue on this forum but...
We recently purchased our first home and were aware via the survey that it was in need of a new roof. One of the quotes we had for the roof was from a general builder and we also mentioned to him that we wanted the load bearing wall between the lounge and dinning room knocked through. He gave us a good price for both, and foolishly we chose him.
He knocked the wall through first (12 weeks ago now) and we thought he did a good job. However when replacing the roof it was obvious that he was beyond useless. He didnt stagger the tiles, started to re use the old battons. We told him to go (after already having paid him too much) and got a proper roofer in who was appalled at the work.
What is obviously now worrying me is that he has (certainly) done a bodged job on the wall. Until the roof fiasco we honestly didnt realise that you needed a SE to do the calcs and building regs to sign it off etc.
Here are the only pics that were taken when the work was being done.
As you can see. No padstones were used, but what really worries me is the steel used. I could probably live with there being no SE calcs being done but if you look closely at LHS of the first picture you can see that the RSJ isnt actually an I beam but rather a T beam (if that is what its called). Therefore all the brickwork is sitting above this narrow bit of steel! Surely this is not advised? Is this really as bad job as i fear?
As i said it has been 3 months now and there is no visible sign of impending doom. No new cracks are forming and the upstairs floors are not sagging. Some of our friends/family are inclined to leave it but i want to have peace of mind.
What exactly do i need to do now to rectify the problem and how much roughly do you think it would cost? How would you advise to find a good builder too!
I wish i could turn back the clock on the whole mess!
Thanks for your time