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The builders who started my extension have left the steel like the pictures below.
Initially they installed the two steels together so the inner skin only sat on less 20mm of the steel. When I asked why i was given the old "That will be ok, it aint going nowhere". The joists were sat in the hangers correctly and were a few mm below the level of the steel. BC wouldn't sign it off so they refittted the steel.
But they didn't remove the steel, they tried to add the spacers in situ. The padstones had to be replaced as they werent big enough. Instead of removing the joist hangers they cut the joists (as the steel had to move inwards) and then removed the cut offs from the hangers. However with changing the padstones the steel was left about 1cm lower than it was was previously. Therefore the joist hangers were still hanging 1cm below the steel but the joists didnt meet the bottom of the hangers and were held in place by 2 nails either side. The mortar is in no way complete and in one section its so thin i can put my fingers between the blocks from the inside. I have a video but cant upload that. They also pushed the inner blocks in so hard my daughters skirting board was off the wall. They came back and fixed that but enough was enough.
The following morning I asked them to fix the joist hangers and leave. They manipulated some joist hangers, bent some and refitted some. The strongboys and acrows were removed and they stuffed the blocks in with little to no mortar. BC have signed this off and the builders are now asking for money.
What are peoples opinions of this and what would you do?
Initially they installed the two steels together so the inner skin only sat on less 20mm of the steel. When I asked why i was given the old "That will be ok, it aint going nowhere". The joists were sat in the hangers correctly and were a few mm below the level of the steel. BC wouldn't sign it off so they refittted the steel.
But they didn't remove the steel, they tried to add the spacers in situ. The padstones had to be replaced as they werent big enough. Instead of removing the joist hangers they cut the joists (as the steel had to move inwards) and then removed the cut offs from the hangers. However with changing the padstones the steel was left about 1cm lower than it was was previously. Therefore the joist hangers were still hanging 1cm below the steel but the joists didnt meet the bottom of the hangers and were held in place by 2 nails either side. The mortar is in no way complete and in one section its so thin i can put my fingers between the blocks from the inside. I have a video but cant upload that. They also pushed the inner blocks in so hard my daughters skirting board was off the wall. They came back and fixed that but enough was enough.
The following morning I asked them to fix the joist hangers and leave. They manipulated some joist hangers, bent some and refitted some. The strongboys and acrows were removed and they stuffed the blocks in with little to no mortar. BC have signed this off and the builders are now asking for money.
What are peoples opinions of this and what would you do?
