Triassic Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 (edited) When I had the structural calculations done for the balcony the structural engineer specified timber rather than steel. If I now want to use steel rather than timber, do I need to redo the structural calculations, or is there some sort equivalences chart for steel versus timber? In normal circumstances I'd ask the structural engineer, however he retired during Covid and his web site and email no longer work. Edited February 3, 2022 by Triassic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravelrash Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 Why steel...its sky high price at the moment. I just recently swapped steel to KERTO beams in build as steel was £1100 and 2 x 220 x 90 x 5350 Keto beams £150. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnMo Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 To answer your question, structural calcs would need to be redone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triassic Posted February 3, 2022 Author Share Posted February 3, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, gravelrash said: Why steel...its sky high price at the moment. I just recently swapped steel to KERTO beams in build as steel was £1100 and 2 x 220 x 90 x 5350 Keto beams £150. @gravelrash Do you have a link to Keto beams? Ah just realised you mean Kerto! All I got searching Keto was beans! Edited February 3, 2022 by Triassic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triassic Posted February 3, 2022 Author Share Posted February 3, 2022 2 hours ago, gravelrash said: Why steel...its sky high price at the moment. I just recently swapped steel to KERTO beams in build as steel was £1100 and 2 x 220 x 90 x 5350 Keto beams £150. Mainly because the balcony is 2.5m wide and 16m long with 20mm glazing the three sides. I was'nt sure if timber was the way to go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravelrash Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 that's a room...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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