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    Chimney Stack Support in Loft: Bearing steels on 100mm internal spine wall?

    Hi everyone, I’m in the early planning stages of thinking about removing the chimney breasts from the ground and first floor of a semi-detached house. I’m looking for a sanity check on the structural approach before I engage a Structural Engineer and start the Party Wall notices. The...
    • GateBeam
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    • chimeny breast removal loft rsj universal beam
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    • Forum: Building
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    Pros & cons between universal beams vs parallel flange channels

    Good morning. For my loft conversion the structural engineer designed PFC steels to carry the new load of the 9" X 2" C24 floor joists. The building control officer stated that I could have also used universal beams instead, because "it would have cost a lot less in steel". Is this an accurate...
    • Lisa Stephens
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    • bco building control officer loft loft conversion parallel flange channel pfc structural engineer universal beam
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Floors, Stairs and Lofts
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