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Steels - who does those then....


Moonshine

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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?

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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 ?

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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.

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