Recent content by Smirnoff69

Unfortunately I went back to the engineer (real one, recommended by building inspector) when the size of the beam came back but because the beam will have 2 existing beams going into it (One supporting the gable end of the house) he said the loads were too much for 2 beams so it had to be this...

It's not the moving it into position for the wall I'm too concerned about as I might be able to get hold of a manual hydraulic forklift and with the man power we should be able to get it in position nest to the wall, its the getting it up safe I'm worried about. Good idea with the engine crane...

Hi Everyone, I am putting an extension on my house (3 bed Semi) and we are opening up the back of the house to make it open plan. The steel calculations have come back and I have to put in a 8 m 305 x 305 118 Universal column which is 1 tonne in weight. My problem is the restricted access I...