Skyhooks?

[Ricky2]

Got to find a way to temporarily brace up my boiler while the suspended (wood) floor is stripped and contaminated soil is excavated from under the house. Has anybody done this before and can offer any bright ideas please?
Ricky

 

[big-all]

can you not leave the boiler standing on the origional floor [possibly cut to withing 2 joists for extra support]and work round it clearing the muck

now are you talking removing joists or just the floor boards!!!!!

the problems i see is without removing the boiler how do you unscrew or disconect the nailed joists and floor!!!

 

[namsag]

I used to have a few spare sky hooks but they got stole along with my skirting board ladder and my spare tin of tartan paint..

You are probably going to have to take boiler out to get properly under it . If it`s an insurance job it should be covered for removal and re installation .

 

[wilhelm]

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believe it or not. in climbing parlance its called "friggin"

 

[croydoncorgi]

What on Earth is happening? 'Contaminated' soil??... Are we talking abandoned waste tip with a house on top? or what? How much digging-out is involved? And what boiler is it? (iow, how heavy?)
If the floor joists run side to side under the boiler for a reasonable distance, you could support the weight of most boilers quite easily with temporary props up to (I guess) 1.5 metres away on each side. If the joists run forwards under the boiler and are embedded in the wall behind it, you could probably make do with temporary supports a couple of metres away under 2 or 3 joists. If the eventual objective is to put in a concrete floor slab, I'd have thought the best sequence was to remove the boards, support the boiler, dig out underneath it, cast a small 'pad' in situ underneath it, then do the rest of the room..... (But ensure the DP membrane is properly done.)

However, if pipes from the boiler run under the existing floor, maybe reconsider....

 

[Paul Barker]

Let the frigin thing drop and bang in a new one, it's only a little job. I could do it in 15 minutes, might take you 2 days. I recommend you do it it's easy.

there's a bloke on here with a m8 who could probably change your boiler in the time it takes me to change a diaphagm. Ask him.

 

[Ricky2]

The contamination is 900 litres of fuel-oil that leaked from the Balmoral tank over a few months until the fault was identified.
The Utility Room wooden floor (where the boiler is) and part of the concrete garage floor now have to be removed in order the thick heavy contaminated clay can be removed. How much to dig out? Who knows. Until all contamination is removed.
Boiler is a Worcester combi with all pipework above floor.
Cheers

 

[Nige F]

I found a contaminated tank stillage in a roof once Left by a plasterer no doubt