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RSJ Installation - looks off to me
Anonymous user 09/03/2024 - 2.54 PM
Edit: I linked to some pictures that seem to have been removed. We had an RSJ installed 3years ago when we had a wall knocked through. We've noticed that the floor above has become increasingly bouncy, with cracks appearing in the corners of the doorwary in the floor above the RSJ, and also around the plasterboard surrounding it. Work was signed off by building regs but starting to have doubts. Thoughts?
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4 Answers
Anonymous user
The steel has not been bolted together or fixed to anything or steel to small and not sitting on pad stone
Answered16 November 2017
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Anonymous user
If it was my house I would take up some floor boards and inspect what’s going on. If your local authority did pass it get them back out.
In some cases you get movement cracks this is caused by deflection of load placed on the steel after being fitted.
Answered16 November 2017
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Unico Building LTD
Rating: 5 out of 5
Bets choice is to lift the floor oatds and check how much the RSJ is resting on padstone and if it is bolted.
Answered4 December 2017
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Barley Design & Build LTD
Rating: 5 out of 5
Sounds as if not enough bearing or steel not adequate.
ALL steels need a minimum of 100mm bearing. We always aim for 225mm minimum which is a full brick.
Steels are dependant on what they need to support in this case it would be a minimum of a 203 102. 23kg+
Answered8 February 2018
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