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SE hasn't suggested I could use a 7N Block, could that be an option? One thing I have noticed is that the padstones I have bought don't seem to have particularly square edges, which means to get the horizontal level (so the steel sits perfectly flat on it) the vertical is out? Is this normal...

The beam has a 3m span. And the engineer has advised using a 203x102x23. Above this sit the floor joists for the first floor and in turn above that is a non load bearing bedroom stud wall. The brick and mortar is fairly crumbly, the house was likely built at the turn of the century...

Hi all I recently removed a structural wall in a Victorian terrace to create an open plan living area. The wall separated the front and rear rooms at ground floor. I had a structural engineer calculate the beam size and padstones I required. The required padstones were 440x215x140. And they...