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Hi guys
a neighbour of mine is having an extension built and I have been watching the builders randomly for a while. I especially became interested when it came time to put in the rsj, which seems rather over sized.
The first thing I felt they did wrong was once they knocked out the window and took out the lintel, they just used two pieces of wood setup in like a T shape. The problem with this was that the part that was acting as a lintel at the top cover what looked like not even half of the span of the original lintel.
The second think I felt was wrong was that once the beam was in, the guy used woden wedges and hammerd them in as support. He then built the brick back up just throwing in mortar at the top.
I was under the impression wood should not be used and the beam should be jacked up with acrows and not to just simply build the brick work back up which from where I was standing didnt seem to be very effective.
I dont know what you guys think, if what I have told u sounds like a bodged job, what do you think I should do? Should I tell my neighbour? or should I just leave it?
One more thing to mention is, they do enjoy their fosters lol
a neighbour of mine is having an extension built and I have been watching the builders randomly for a while. I especially became interested when it came time to put in the rsj, which seems rather over sized.
The first thing I felt they did wrong was once they knocked out the window and took out the lintel, they just used two pieces of wood setup in like a T shape. The problem with this was that the part that was acting as a lintel at the top cover what looked like not even half of the span of the original lintel.
The second think I felt was wrong was that once the beam was in, the guy used woden wedges and hammerd them in as support. He then built the brick back up just throwing in mortar at the top.
I was under the impression wood should not be used and the beam should be jacked up with acrows and not to just simply build the brick work back up which from where I was standing didnt seem to be very effective.
I dont know what you guys think, if what I have told u sounds like a bodged job, what do you think I should do? Should I tell my neighbour? or should I just leave it?
One more thing to mention is, they do enjoy their fosters lol