Recent content by hamazz

ok went back to him, and he redesigned it with 3 beams, 2 parallels and a tie beam between them all at 203*203*60 kg, there is one more 151*152*30 but only spanning 3m, so can be lifted easily by hand. he just included two flitch beams running 2 * 8x2 with a 6mm 180mm flat plate, will check...

yes the se has provided a breakdown of the different loads, all done on superbeam, which is partially why i think it is a little over spec'd, another friend se mentioned i could get away with 254*146 beams, but the other problem i may has is that when the beam is sitting on the padstone, it may...

got calcs back from se, he has spec'd 2 203*203*71 beams spanning 7400mm carrying floor, purlins and roof for a loft conversion, thats a big beam at over 0.5t, there is a 152*152 spreader running in the middle between them to keep them from twisting im guessing. does anyone know is there is...

finished digging a trench for new drainage run yesterday, and rained all evening so the trench was soaked in the morning, pumped it all out, but the clay soil we have was very water logged (high water table area), foot would sink about 5cm if you stepped on it. put a little back in for levels...

indus its interesting you brought that up, as i was thinking of doing that rather than piling, my room is 8.6 * 3.5, i was going to put 6 pad then rsj beams encase in concrete over them. can i ask how deep you dug the pads? and how much the design cost you? and whether it worked out the same...

my 2 cents worth i had a hawthorn tree 5m away from where we were going to build an outbuilding, building control said 2.5m + or pile it.. as we are building upto the boundary fence dont really want to dig that deep and have anything collapse. looked at piling had a few quotes back, the...

just found a product on the net called dexpan, which is a no-explosive demolition mortar, you drill holes into the slab and then fill it with a mortar that expands and creates cracks in the concrete. its a product from the USA but found uk distributors for it, anyone tried anything like this...

spoke to a plant hire company, and they recommended a 3t digger with a 3t breaker on it, said it should not take too much time. ill try and get it out clean, but with the weather these days and mud everywhere not sure how easy it would be. its a solid concrete pour strip, no built up blockwork...

another thing is has anyone used or can advise on chemical concrete breaking? hamazz

need advice on breaking out an existing conservatory foundation, that is 500 wide * 450mm deep, need to replace it with a 600wide * 1200 deep. someone mentioned underpinning it, but will take alot of time and increase cost as would have to be done in sections etc. so want to look at breaking...

i thought of that, but it is out of the question, as there is probably going to be an external insulation/render to match the rest of the house, i was thinking of applying it to a sheet of ply or so, and then just the need to tie it into the blockwork hamazz

trying to think of the best way to external render a side wall to our extension. at the moment it will be built in 215mm block with no cavity, and the extension come upto the boundary line of our property. Our neighbour has a conservatory which is about 25-30 away from the boundary line, which...

well it was part of agreement before they got their planning permission, and they were happy with it, because they would get an extra 10cm width in their side extension. and its all built up already, and they have not asked for anything hamazz

looking for a rough m2 cost of building a double storey side extension to a property in london. neighbour already has 2 storey extension with wall built astride boundary line in solid 215mm blockwork. so we would not need to have foundations dug or walls built, we can use this existing wall...

thanks for the comments, the adjacent wall is a neighbours property so no option of putting anything there, the idea of having a manhole at the front and rear, was to be able to rod the whole line in one go. the toilets will all be boxed out in the bathrooms, so could maybe add a rodding...