Hi.
Can anyone tell me if an rsj has to be mortar bedded onto a padstone or does it just sit on the stones with any gap taken up by packers?
If it is packers will steel packing pieces (which I have easy access to being a metalworker) be ok or is some other material normally used to pack the underside of a rsj?
Also does an rsj need to be fixed to the padstone, or is the weight bearing down on it enough to prevent sideways movement?
The rsj I'm fitting is 2.8-metres long & is a 152x89 with 150 bearing onto each padstone. The opening is 2.5m wide that it bridges & is in an internal wall.
Thanks for any help.
Can anyone tell me if an rsj has to be mortar bedded onto a padstone or does it just sit on the stones with any gap taken up by packers?
If it is packers will steel packing pieces (which I have easy access to being a metalworker) be ok or is some other material normally used to pack the underside of a rsj?
Also does an rsj need to be fixed to the padstone, or is the weight bearing down on it enough to prevent sideways movement?
The rsj I'm fitting is 2.8-metres long & is a 152x89 with 150 bearing onto each padstone. The opening is 2.5m wide that it bridges & is in an internal wall.
Thanks for any help.