Mornin orl. Tas bin rennin mose uv naight doan yer. Be dreary, laike laife withoat a Vreelander (bestest 4x4 in hole whirl evva). No watterin fer to be dun, us boys evvin nuvver coffee bifor us paddles doan garden. Maight go oat an get wud ledder on wen varm ztore be oppen: us chickens be geddin rebellious so us needs tu put doan the insurrection afore it geds oat uv and. Bluddy Zuzzex Rocks needs ter lurn there place in laife.
 
Morning All :D
Big difference from yesterday weather-wise here, quite cool & cloudy, but no rain as yet.:)
The garden was almost unbearably hot yesterday afternoon. :eek:
The boy's house re-fit rumbles on. Latest shock is that the upper floors will have to be acro propped up to release the weight on an RSJ so it can be slid back 75mm along its wall.
Strongboys and more acro's will be needed to hold the back of the house up while inserting 2 supporting RSJ's across a 5.9 metre span.
They've run all the wiring and plumbing for the kitchen, mounted all new upstairs radiators with new pipework etc. Working long days indeed and an awful lot of work in just 1 week.
They are still a long way away from being able to move in though. These were the same games I had to play on this house 30 years ago, but I had no parents to park my brood at. :)
You all have a lovely day and take care of yourselves. :D
 
DanClarke said:
Morning All :D
Big difference from yesterday weather-wise here, quite cool & cloudy, but no rain as yet.:)
The garden was almost unbearably hot yesterday afternoon. :eek:
The boy's house re-fit rumbles on. Latest shock is that the upper floors will have to be acro propped up to release the weight on an RSJ so it can be slid back 75mm along its wall.
Strongboys and more acro's will be needed to hold the back of the house up while inserting 2 supporting RSJ's across a 5.9 metre span.
They've run all the wiring and plumbing for the kitchen, mounted all new upstairs radiators with new pipework etc. Working long days indeed and an awful lot of work in just 1 week.
They are still a long way away from being able to move in though. These were the same games I had to play on this house 30 years ago, but I had no parents to park my brood at. :)
You all have a lovely day and take care of yourselves. :D
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Wot are they doing to the ouse that requires all that wuk? Thas sum mayger surgery.
 
Hippo said:
Wot are they doing to the ouse that requires all that wuk? Thas sum mayger surgery.
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Taking this central part out, false fireplace and spanning entire house side-to-side.
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Hippo said:
Thas a lot of weight on one beam. :eek:
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Yup.
It is in fact twin beams (one for each brickwork leaf) and they are pretty deep in the web section. All calcs done by a structural engineer after doing a site survey.
Is a bit of a monster I agree, but it will really open the place up a lot.
My suggestion was to replace the majority of the false-fireplace brickwork with a steel column and support beam on top and build it into the kitchen as a "feature". But they said no.
 
DanClarke said:
Yup.
It is in fact twin beams (one for each brickwork leaf) and they are pretty deep in the web section. All calcs done by a structural engineer after doing a site survey.
Is a bit of a monster I agree, but it will really open the place up a lot.
My suggestion was to replace the majority of the false-fireplace brickwork with a steel column and support beam on top and build it into the kitchen as a "feature". But they said no.
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It's funny you should say that as I had the same eye'dear. Eye've come across peeps with beams installed and walls taken out, who admit they feel the floor move upstairs when walking about. Everything done right according to the book. But it would still be on my mind every time the floor moved when walking on it.
 
Happy Sunday folks.
I was a good boy and earned loads of brownie points over the week, then a nice Sunday lunch at our local favorite.
Has now allowed me to have me petrolhead Sunday. Moto GP wow worth a watch for those that enjoy a good race. Now it’s on to F1,
Hope you all doing something that makes you happy this fine day:)

J
 
DanClarke said:
Yup.
It is in fact twin beams (one for each brickwork leaf) and they are pretty deep in the web section. All calcs done by a structural engineer after doing a site survey.
Is a bit of a monster I agree, but it will really open the place up a lot.
My suggestion was to replace the majority of the false-fireplace brickwork with a steel column and support beam on top and build it into the kitchen as a "feature". But they said no.
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That’s gonna be a big beam for sure, think I would have gone with your idea. Hope it goes well.
Gonna need some big burly blokes to get that in for sure.

J
 
When eye wurra lil hippo eye wud wotch button moon ut lunch time whyul eatid egg sandwedges. It wurra long time ergo burreye remember it well. Life be much easier ferra lil hippo int them days.

 
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