Need to do a tiny section of concrete suspeneded floor.

[tomcox24]

Hi all,

I am doing some work on a property and part of the job is to replace a section of suspended concrete flooring.

The property is victorian with a cellar, it has those clay tiles just out side of the front door. Basicly whats happened over time is this small peice of tiled floor {external} has cracked due to the old timbers supporting the original screed has rotted away.

What I planned to do to fix this is, remove the damged floor (only 1m x 0.85m) and install some beam and block and screed the top however as this is my first date with beam and block I did not realise you couldnt buy it off the shelf, you have to have them made and to do that they want plans. I dont have a problem with this sort of thing however for a tiny section it seems like a lot of messing about.

Has anybody had experience of getting some of these beams in nottingham (such a small quant) and also would using some large concrete lintels instead do the trick.

So really any suggestions are welcome as you may think of a few alternatives I have not. The key is it's open to the elements so really wants a concrete/screed top

cheers

 

[RedHerring2]

I would have thought that concrete lintel(s) would suffice.
Normally the beam and block floors use profiled beams so that the blocks drop in to be level with the top of the beams.
Lintels don't have the same profile, so you'll need to achieve a greater depth to be able to have a level to screed to.
As the beams are about 450mm centres, you may only need one lintel, with adequate support each side.