Recent content by jayoba

wow that looks amazing! You can’t even notice the bow at all (to my untrained eye!) The builders came back today and fixed the wonkiness by packing out the stud before plasterboarding. This is what it looks like before and after!

Yeah! He visited and didn’t say much about the beam. Although it was the building control inspector that our builders recommended us to use. He was more concerned with our fire regulations than the RSJ work.

Thanks all! Glad I’m not overreacting! Spoke to the builder and they’re coming back today to fix it. Thank you for the advice!

Floor and ceiling is level, we stuck a 6ft spirit level on it. And yes, already plasterboarded over and props taken down. Sticking a 6ft spirit level on the plasterboard RSJ however is not level. I can accept that the RSJ is off a bit due to issues with knocking out old brick work but I...

Hey all! I am currently having a builder remove a load bearing wall and fitting an RSJ in place. However the RSJ they have put in is not level. Measuring from floor to RSJ, it is off by 5cm from left to right for a span of 3.5m. Is this acceptable? They have also not fixed this as part of...