Recent content by Geo57

Hi I need to insert two padstones into the exterior gable wall (one will be at back corner of house and other will be towards the front of house) to support two steels When running a laser across, the existing brickwork is out of line by around 8mm from front to rear, despite being the same...

Thanks both - am down 1 metre deep already so scraping off the mud at the bottom seems preferable to having to go deeper!!

Hi all I’m currently stuck with a fully dug foundation trench that I can’t fill with concrete as am awaiting a live gas pipe to be re-routed out of the trench Despite being covered over, the trench keeps filling with water from surface run off When it finally comes to being able to pour...

Thanks noseall

Hi Have now had the rear trench dug out for pad foundations and we come across what looks like the mains electricity cable running through it (not having much luck as the front pad trench has a gas pipe through it) I understand this could be enclosed in split ducting before concrete pour, but...

Thanks all for the replies - got gas board coming out to check in a few weeks time

This one is running across the side of the house from the direction of next door. There is a new gas supply at the front Just hoping not going to be held to ransom by gas board

Hi Just digging out for a pad foundation and have uncovered what looks like a gas pipe right in the middle Looking at the direction to where it is running it looks like it is going in the direction of an old gas main that is capped off internally in the house Is this likely to cause any...

Hi I need to insert floor joists (200x47) into the web of a steel beam which is a 305 ub The floor joists only need to go into one side of the steel, so am I correct in thinking that I just need to bolt a timber into the web on one side and fix this through with bolts and washers? (All videos...

Thanks, yes got cavity tray and wall ties on the architects drawings. Just seems like it wouldn’t work (albeit to my untrained eye!)

Hello I have had a steel frame designed which will support a room above it — the room will be built directly on top of the steel frame (been designed as a steel beam to support inner blockwork, with a flange added to take the outer brickwork) The frame itself is supported by steel columns...

Thanks also stevie

Cheers Freddie - puts my mind at rest!

Hi In a situation where steels have been designed to go into the outer leaf of an existing masonry wall and sit on padstones (where the other end will be a steel frame (goalpost style) which will be supported on pad foundations), would you expect the SE to inspect the existing house foundation...

Hi all My architect specified 3.6n thermalites (internal wall), together with 90mm near full fill in a 100mm cavity to be able to get a total 300mm cavity and meet the 0.18 requirement for cavity walls However my SE has mentioned that I will need medium dense blocks as needs to support a steel...