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Yeah, thanks guys, the BCO was round yesterday and was ok with the arrangement. Basically repeated you word for word Shytalkz :-) Thanks again, another panic over!

:-) yeah, foundations beneath are pad 1200x1200 all been inspected by BCO. I guess I'll have to run all this by the BCO before we proceed, just wondered in principle about the proposed new arrangement. Thanks vm

Thanks guys, sounds positive, but just to confirm, I think I will be using a catnic CG50/100 lintel bearing on a padstone over the garage opening sandwiched between another padstone sitting on the inner leaf and inner lintel flange which then bears the 254x146UB. The masonry column is already...

just trying to get round an emerging problem. In the middle of a build and have a situation where two lintels converge on a pier. One is a UB and the other over a garage door is a Catnic cavity lintel due to the fact that the long UB has had to be repositioned on the pier to square up with the...

thanks guys, I accept what you say, but I would intend to remove the wall all the wall in total so would save on the Lintel (which is likely to be quite pricey) and I will be having the roof rebuilt which will bear on the new extension cavity walls. I'm more interested in saving on the 4m...

Hi, I'm currently buiulding a two storey extension under building control. After the extension the extisting external side of the house will be an internal wall. Current plans are to create a wide opening on the ground floor through to the new extended kitchen supporting the 1st floor walls on...

Hi, I'm in the process of building a two storey extension where foundations have been layed for a previously planned single storey extension. The two storey extension requires a number of block piers to support some steel beams. Building specs show 1 Mtre sq pads to support each pier, trouble...

Beam is spec'd to support first floor, upstairs block wall and upgraded loft conversion floor. Beam spans from internal wall to inner leaf of external cavity wall. House is 1959, internal wall built on 150mm foundation near surface and architect specified doubling up the block work off existing...

Cheers noseall, just excavated a bit more of the existing foundation and it inclines back towards the wall so I don't reckon there's even full depth of concrete across the remaining toe. I'll get the BCO to inspect and see what he requires. Ta

My architect has specified this UB to support a 64.4 Kn load over our Kitchen/Diner opening. Padstones are specified at 450x200x150 deep. In order to provide a min 150mm bearing, I am intending to build a 100mm block pier off the existing internal load bearing wall foundation. The existing...

hey, thanks for that, not looking forward to digging up the work I did 10 years ago but suspected it would be required. Mind you the BCO will be pleased' cause I'll be able to rebuild with a 100mm cavity rather than the old 50mm that is there now! Many thanks for your time.

Thanks guys (apart from Woody ;-)) This job was originally going to be a single storey extension and has been left at dpc level for 10 years. I now want to complete it as a two storey extension which requires a double steel UB to support the 1st floor cavity wall & roof down one side. To...

Hi, I need to upgrade an existing 500mm strip foundation to support a new pier at one end that will support one end of a steel beam. The load at this point will be around 30Kn I am waiting for an architect to give me the detail but was wondering in principle how the foundation should look? I'm...