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Rented 2 * SLA10 Genie lifts to lift a 575kg beam in to place (2.3m high). They have a capacity of 454kg each, so I figured they'd easily handle this. They were collected last week Friday (29/10), I received a refund of my deposit on Monday (01/11), and yesterday (04/11, nearly a week later), I...

I'm about to fit the roof to the new extension, and was hoping to finish it with EPDM as that looks like a fairly DIY friendly solution. But with costs creeping up, and the sunny season now solidly behind us. I just want to get it ready for winter. I've been playing with the idea of doing the...

Well, that was nerve wrecking... but got a result. Not only did Building Control reply to me saying that they weren't happy with it, when I spoke to the builder he didn't put up too much of a fight. He agreed to take it all down again and have it rebuilt at his cost. He arrived this morning...

Follow up question. If I have this rectified, how would this now be tooth bonded? There's no wall left to tooth bond to, unless you go around the corner and into rooms that are already finished and I really don't want to be touched.

Just heard his brickie is back tomorrow. Doubt he's 100% safe, but he'll be outside, so I'll take it! All the bricklaying he's done this far has been excellent, so will let him crack on with the rest. I suspect the main builder now won't turn up and let he brickie finish. Might be an...

He spent the best part of a day, maybe a day and a half on that. This was the full list of steel, so it's not all for that one beam. POSTS] 2 AT 2276MM X 150 X 100 X 5 RHS S355 2NO 180MM 250 X 10 FLAT S275JR 2 AT 150MM X 300 X 10 FLAT S275JR CAP PLATES 1 AT 6035MM X 254 X 146 X 31KG UB S355 JO...

Imagine how I felt having to fork out 5K for the steels alone! Good to know though that if there's ever a hurricane and an earthquake at the same time we have somewhere safe to stand. o_O I hear what you're saying. I was shocked too when I saw it. So even if it's crooked and not completely...

The beam alone is 575kg, which I always thought was way over the top. But what can you do? It might be as heavy as what it's supporting. The spec for the pier was as above: I don't feel like I'm the right person to say whether it technically conforms. I don't know if that's tooth bonded or...

Trouble is that the rest of the work looks OK. The work his brickie has done is actually really good. If I call Building Control first thing in the morning, do you think there's any chance they'd come out for a same day inspection? @^woody^, can you confirm whether that would be considered...

Sadly, I fear I know what that might lead to. We paid 25% up front, with the remainder payable on completion. He then dragged his feet and said he was worried about not getting paid and that his guys wanted paying upfront and he had all his cash out on other jobs.... Long story short, we paid...

I am not a bricklayer, so not entirely sure what tooth bonded is. He asked me to get some wall starters, at which point I pointed out the spec said: "tooth bonded". He very reluctantly grinded out what I thought were the teeth (in red below). Although I can see he ended up chopping them off...

It's the main contractor (builder) who's built this. I believe he's a carpenter by trade. His bricky is off sick. I know it's dreadful. The question is: Will it pass? Is it safe to take a 575kg beam? Builder isn't the easiest, so if it will pass and is safe, I'd rather not bring it up. Even...

The builder's bricky went off sick with covid, which was threatening to hold things up, so he's started the bricklaying on two piers that are to support a 6m (575kg) steel himself. The steel went in with two genie lifts today and is currently held in place by two acrow props. He's built up one...

Are you doing the roof? Do you have any more images of how the little pitched areas on the edges were done? I keep thinking I'd like those, as they'd look better than a plain flat roof - I think.

Once again confirms my thoughts that my structural engineer went way over the top... . I wish I had mine done in a weekend, in summer too.

That looks so similar to what I'm planning on doing here. Once the steel arrived and I realized I'd need 2 genie lifts to lift them, I decided it was time to get some help. Work starting on it tomorrow and looking at your pictures now, I'm very glad I did (get help)! Those pictures with...

Ok, so will go for the 2400mm Expamet one, as that is also 280mm wide. And then I'll just cut 300mm from the length of each to make it 2100mm long.

The trouble is, that I'm not sure either of these are "similar". They look similar enough to me, but I'm no expert, so looking for some guidance. These are the technical documents for both.

The ones I will be using will be behind some kitchen cupboards, as well as in stud walls, so won't be exposed. As I have to traverse 15m with a number of pipes through existing holes it will be a LOT easier to feed in plastic pipe from a large roll at this stage. Not to mention that it would be...

Structural engineer specified a Birtley CB90 lintel. Unfortunately I can't find one in stock near me. Best I can do is get it delivered within 15 days (approx.), which would hold things up too long. I can however get Expamet lintels off the shelf, but can't check with SE at the moment whether...