Steel Beam Installed, Full Inch Protruding Into The Room

[charliegolf]

My neighbours have had a chunk of wall in an old building (around 2 foot thick) removed and 3 steels put in side by side.

The steels when side by side, overhang the padstone by at least an inch on one side. They. haven't finished the installation and the neighbours are unhappy. Is it reasonable to insist it's flush with the wall? (Builder said a wooden beam, maybe 8x8 was "stopping the workers from moving the steels any further over.")

They also made some cuts into the big timbers that were bolted to the wall horizontally to support a flat roof for an extension; to accommodate the height of the needles (correct word?) holding the wall up. How should they be made good? Ta.

CG

 

[blup]

Steels side to side that overhang the face of the wall have been incorrectly sized. Cant see how a wooden beam would prevent this but no pics and an ambiguous description.

Longer needles should/could have been used, but they should be able to let in some replacement timber
If no structural issues, and will be hidden, then can be left.

Blup

 

[^woody^]

A case of bad design or CBA. Either way it's not acceptable.

If say, the neighbour asked the builder if they planned and priced for the beam to be overhanging, would the builder say "yes"?

 

[charliegolf]

The builder (today) said he 'thought' they wanted that wall plaster boarded, which they didn't; so the protuding bit would be hidden. He has agreed to centre it up today, and judging by the happy sound of hammer on steel, they are trying to as I type. They appear to have done some really good work so far, so it was a bit disappointing. The boss is a youngster, but he has an older guy on site, whom I sense feels he knows better... Added to which, the two neighbours are a young girl couple, so there's a lot of, "Leave this to us Darlin', we know what we're doing..." type patronising too. We'll see, but thanks both for the responses.