Steels - who does those then....

[Moonshine]

My new build has a few steels in it, and I have been talking to a potential brickie to do the build.

I asked if they would install the steels as they build, and they reply was they would prefer not.

In my mind the steels need to go in at the same time, as the steels support the block work walls so to save getting someone else in I would have thought the brickie would do them.

If brickies don't typically install steels as the build goes up, who does?

[nod]

If there nothing out of the ordinary and just need lifting in place It would be the Brickies 

If the need bolting together you could get the steel supplier to do it 

[Moonshine]

Most of them are staight over openings like lintels sitting on pad stones, i think the longest is about 4m.

I was a bit surprised with the response I got, may be he thinks the steels are more complicated than they are.

While I am on the subject I bloody hope he includes installing the standard lintels ?

[joe90]

12 minutes ago, Moonshine said:

i think the longest is about 4m.

Perhaps it’s the weight he’s worried about?

[Moonshine]

18 minutes ago, joe90 said:

Perhaps it’s the weight he’s worried about?

 

I would have thought that they would just hire in a beam lifter, £70 - £100 for a weeks hire.

 

In my naive mind once the pad stone is in and level, its just a question of lifting the beam onto the pad stone, and put shims under if need to get that level, then mortar around the beam.

Edited February 17, 2021 by Moonshine

[Russell griffiths]

It would depend on how your paying him. 

If he’s on a metre rate, he won’t want to start messing with steels, you need to ask him to price installation separately, or you hire the lifting device and pay them day work to fit them. 

[PeterW]

I pay between £5-15 a lintel for it to be bedded in when the brickie is on a block rate.