Building Work Help

[Squirrel_Basher 17,102]

Any plans mate .Surely you need plans or a schedule for works of that kind lol. Building control here would do it on a building notice but probably because I know the lads .

[Squirrel_Basher 17,102]

Right ... internal support work .Do you have any building regs over there mate . Will they not allow a pillar built under the existing beam without all the support extras needed.

[Squirrel_Basher 17,102]

I'm guessing the wall above is a half gable ?

[ollieollie 766]

So we know the existing bearings are ok. So its a beam swap incorporating the new pillar, straight forward job on the surface. One question, what is the existing floor? will need to break through this to concrete new footing for the pillar

[mushroom 14,216]

Ollie concrete mate.

 

Fox.. architect gets all the plans drawn up and permissions here. Then I choose who I want to do the work. As for the regs, I couldn't give two shits about the regs here... I want a proper job done lol so it'll be done to British regs by whoever does it

[mushroom 14,216]

I'm guessing the wall above is a half gable ?

Yep

[Squirrel_Basher 17,102]

At least a metre deep here ,800mm square, blocks flat to dpc .

[mushroom 14,216]

At least a metre deep here ,800mm square, blocks flat to dpc .

On top of an already existing concrete base? Is that needed?

[Squirrel_Basher 17,102]

Regs is not only about red tape .It's the house owners guarantee the work is carried out to spec and the builders guarantee he's doing it right .Building control oversee every construction step .

[mushroom 14,216]

Regs is not only about red tape .It's the house owners guarantee the work is carried out to spec and the builders guarantee he's doing it right .Building control oversee every construction step .

Very true

[ollieollie 766]

 

At least a metre deep here ,800mm square, blocks flat to dpc .

On top of an already existing concrete base? Is that needed?

 

 

If you mean the floor slab, you need to bypass this and put a concrete foot below ground, this transfers and spreads the forces to a hard substrate

[Qbgrey 4,386]

easy job but 8 mtrs span even with minimal loading above would require a big beam,here anyway,at least 152x203,but we would have structural engineers drawings to follow.assuming bearings are firm,or you dig 1000mmx1000mmx1000mm founds and put class b engineering brick piers or metal posts then bolt top beam on these.called goalvposts set up.i done thoosands of them.you csn use a small beam if not under any regs,and pre load the shit out of it.

[ollieollie 766]

Personally i wouldn't do a job like this without involving a structural engineer

[Casso 1,264]

The failed support beam to me is a symptom of something further below on that build than the beam itself , they can't just sink on there own ,

Without a structural report , your guessing

[mushroom 14,216]

The failed support beam to me is a symptom of something further below on that build than the beam itself , they can't just sink on there own ,

Without a structural report , your guessing

Cheap shit sandy concrete is the reason given, not guessing here... it's the norm in Spain