I just ordered a steel for a double internal door opening on the ground floor; Above the door opening there is a wall made of concrete block.
The Steel is 178x102x12 and is 1700mm long. Architect asked for 250mm steel plates either side with a minimum of 100mm bearing.
The opening is currently a single door which I am enlarging, but what I didn't do is account for 230mm (concrete block on its side) I was adding to the existing door opening in order to move the new double doors away from the corner of the room. so the steel beam should have been 1930mm long.
This means my new RSJ at 1700mm would rest purely on the new blocks I will add on that side and not on the existing wall.
My question is this, the new blocks I am adding were going to be tied into the existing block work using the usual bar and ties; Is there any other method I can use whereby I can add the 230mm and it be strong enough to carry the steel beam?
The Steel is 178x102x12 and is 1700mm long. Architect asked for 250mm steel plates either side with a minimum of 100mm bearing.
The opening is currently a single door which I am enlarging, but what I didn't do is account for 230mm (concrete block on its side) I was adding to the existing door opening in order to move the new double doors away from the corner of the room. so the steel beam should have been 1930mm long.
This means my new RSJ at 1700mm would rest purely on the new blocks I will add on that side and not on the existing wall.
My question is this, the new blocks I am adding were going to be tied into the existing block work using the usual bar and ties; Is there any other method I can use whereby I can add the 230mm and it be strong enough to carry the steel beam?