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Who needs structural calcs? If you dimension that engineering 'picture' a bit better and email it to your friendly local metal fabricators they'll knock up those structures for you either welded or bolted, (welded will be cheaper), & redoxide coat. Probably on an hourly rate of £20-30/h, +...

My input would be replacing Victorian cast iron with plastic sickens me. Just needs a rub down and paint every so often as with all classic cast iron architecture fixings etc

I like Footsoldier888's idea, just have an old caravan sat on top as the entrance, then inside the caravan a spiral staircase going down x amount of storeys, almost Harry Potter esque lol

I suppose it is assumed by manufacturers and sellers of fitted electrical equipment that a certain amount of electrical 'fitting' is required, and wire crimpers, as wires are to be fitted would also fall within the remit of that assumption. Just as 1ph mains consists of live in brown and...

I would go with steel shims? probably galv, steel sheet can be bought in the correct thickness in 1mm increments cheap. Good question re fixing, presumably yes, however as no bolting into the concrete/brick can be done (i'm guessing), then some kind of strapping over the top? **Waiting to be...

Yes you can extend the steels but not as you describe, they'd be bolted with plated fitted either side of the 'I' section with the plates running longitudinally, as you can see from the attached. how is progress? I see it's been a few months, would love to do this myself by myself, regards...

Any updates mate? Reading with interest..