Massive Beam!

[Cranford Steve]

This is the beam a structural engineer told my neighbour he needed!
It is only to hold the joists for second floor!

[Snadger]

..................and hence the whole weight of the upper floor.

Looks a damm sight better than a RSJ though, you have to admit!

[Florence Fennel]

Reminds me of Grand Designs

[Aberdeenplotter]

..................and hence the whole weight of the upper floor.

and of course the roof.

[veggiechicken]

Make a good edge to a raised bed. Can you have the old one?

[Jeanied]

And I thought you were going to post about something that made you smile

[HeyWayne]

And I thought you were going to post about something that made you smile

I misread it as Bean, who is massive - for his age.

[Alison]

As somebody who used to do structural design that doesn't look that big for what it has to do. Was expecting a beefy RSJ.

[HeyWayne]

As somebody who used to do structural design that doesn't look that big for what it has to do. Was expecting a beefy RSJ.

I was thinking concrete...

[Mikey]

We do a lot of UIB's, its nice to see a tidy lump of wood. If its not too much trouble do you think I could borrow the sunshine in your picture for tomorrow, its a bit damp here.

[snohare]

I'll bet a piece of timber like that cost a pretty penny...go on, who thinks three figures, who thinks four ?
Maybe I'm being obtuse here, but...they need to remove the old one presumably, to replace it with the new one. There must be an old one, or the second floor would have fallen down, yes ? (You can see where I'm going here, can't you.)
So having removed the old one, while they are putting the new one in, what is holding the bl***y house up ??

[binley100]

When we had a bay window taken off the back of the house (to accommodate the conservatory ) they had to take a big oak lintel out which was three pieces of timber strapped together.. I went upstairs to the bedroom and could see daylight above the skirting board, reckon there was about three header bricks holding it up . Old house not cavity wall.... Never seen builders work so fast

[taff]

I'll bet a piece of timber like that cost a pretty penny...go on, who thinks three figures, who thinks four ?
Maybe I'm being obtuse here, but...they need to remove the old one presumably, to replace it with the new one. There must be an old one, or the second floor would have fallen down, yes ? (You can see where I'm going here, can't you.)
So having removed the old one, while they are putting the new one in, what is holding the bl***y house up ??

arco props. it's like new technology innit

[Snadger]

*Reminds me................must hire a couple of acro props this weekend before knocking the kitchen wall down.*
Just a boring catnic lintel to go in though...........I really do covet that bit of wood!

[Cranford Steve]

The beam is 300x300 and nearly 5metres long! He already has two oversized RSJ's going in for a single storey cavity wall. Real over kill I think. Ive been in the building game for 15 years and only ever seen a beam like that used on a huge bridge! It is a lovely bit of wood though. The price was about £500 which I dont think is that bad.