rsj

Hi there I'm currently having some structural work completed at home. RSJs are in but I'm a bit suspicious of how upstairs floor joist have been supported. Basically the usual noggins have been wedged into RSJ and then another length of timber screwed to them. The upstairs floor joists are then...

Hi, so i am pricing up a job so i know roughly what it will cost and i've used this document http://www.mendip.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=1666&p=0 which gives beam size and padstone required for typical applications. The trouble is every builders merchant i've rung only does a 440x215x102...

Help! Been in my house for 6 months now, guy that owned it before knocked out a supporting wall down stairs to open it up, stuck an RSJ in to support wall above, BUT he's put one rsj full width of the house, but hes sat it on another RSJ thats sitting on both the chimney stacks! Making both...

Hi all, I'm planning on putting a 3m RSJ between my ground floor kitchen and dining room and looking for advice on the best way to temporarily support the wall load whilst the beam is installed. The joists in both the kitchen and dining room ceilings run parallel to the wall so the only weight...