I do the same and also get my client to inspect with me, as you say this mitigates any issues later on, that is great advice to any other tradesmen out there, thanks Aidan

@Big Cock I’m not interested in bullshit. Been building for 20yrs and this was one of my more challenging jobs.

@@gdfggggg no point replying to that freak, if you look throughout the comments section of this upload you will see that freak registered just to be nasty, as sick people do. Just place report and many folks probably will, he will get banned soon enough.

Respect. Random rubble stone. Any bit could move at any time. Been there. Well done.👍

@@willbee6785 thanks mate

@Big Cock You obviously do!

Thanks for your comment, sorry about any offensive comments by others!!!

No worries Robin, there always one idiot. I look forward to seeing up coming videos. If you have an BC related questions I’d be happy to help.

@@BerkleyBuilds Thats great many thanks

Yes, its this type of varying work that makes the job more exciting, and the chess analogy is spot on!!! have a good week mate

Thank you very much!

More to come!

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Hi Robin, thanks mate hope your well, I often see your videos pop up!! we will have to collaborate one day!!

@@ukconstruction I'm well thanks Robin! Yes it would be great to collab one day!

Well done for breaking away!! I'm sure you will enjoy it far more!!

Whats a maybe? My mate was always using them, never went to one of his sites though.

Thanks Harvey, better late than never!!!😊

Exactly. Hope he stitch nailed the top & bottom of the acrows as well.

Thanks for being on the Stream mate it looks like we share many subs!!! I appreciate your input mate!! all the best to you too mate

Agreed, this must have passed through an asleep inspector. Needs stability!

You mean like a picture frame setup of steels?

Same here, guaranteed a full bed of mortar under the suspended brickwork then shutter for the pad stone

A bed of mortar will crack and crumble as the steel expands & contracts with heat over time. Solid packers like slate, engineering brick, or steel shims, set at intervals along the beam, will be better.

@@Benzknees, fair point well made, food for thought indeed

@@Benzknees or 1 to 1 dry mix.

this is why i love the comments. we can all improve and refine our skillsets.

We I use a similar method to what your talking about, we have had jobs before where the engineer asked us to bolt a winch to the existing foundation below and pre stress the steel, its amazing how much these steels can flex too, the knowledge you have is being lost, anyone can call themselves a builder in the UK and there have been some horror stories in recent years!!! thanks for your comment

@@ukconstruction Pre-tensioning with a pulley and measuring the deflection to meet design criteria, sounds like a more scientific way of calibrating the beam deflection. But even that is not perfect as it is a point load, not a more realistic uniformly distributed load along the full length of the beam. So even structural engineers struggle to perfect a practical solution to a difficult situation. A compromise like a lot of building task, is inevitable. Thank you for that insight and I hope your good work is given full consideration by your clients.

Thanks for watching!

Perfect Tip there

I’d keep them plumb instead of the fruit 🤣

@@oneflymanflies4924 🤦‍♂️ some of the one's I use are like 🍌😝

That's a good topic I will do that mate, hope your well too

Easy. Cut soldiers and hammer into the flange. Screw in 2x1 so you can get a fixing in from the bottom. Screw in plasterboard/ply/mdf

Thanks for your comment Clive appreciate it

Temporary works in construction are important, and are effectively a specialist skill...they are covered by mandatory requirements within the Construction Design and Management Regulations, which covers ‘all’ construction work, not just those works on ‘construction sites’... as for the cast in situ concrete pad stones for the steel beam, concrete can be ‘designed’, relating to cement/aggregate ratios and water content so it can be accurately ‘designed’ to meet or exceed load expectations (as assessed by laboratory concrete design mixes and testing to destruction under load), and provided it is mixed correctly in accordance e with the pre-determined mix design, cast well, and allowed to gain sufficient strength before being loaded, there is no reason to suspect it is an inferior method to others methods, using placing of pad stones etc. Robin seems to have a thoroughly good job here, and no doubt he has been supported by a Structural Engineer, who has also probably actually designed the Temporary Works for the job, and probably provided RAMS for the work itself to ensure they were carried out effectively and safely.

@@stun9771 As you raised the CDM Regs, I trust Robin has supplied the client with the Contractors Health and Safety file as mandated by CDM Regs 2015? I have yet to see any small builder provide such a document to their client despite me reminding everyone of their duty. I also won't mention the PPE - helmet, safety glasses, gloves. I see he has safety footwear and ear defenders. For beams of this load/length the engineers that I use all prefer to spec engineering brick pads as it takes out the difficulty of casting insitu pads that with on site mixing can be variable. Brick pads are much easier to install. As I said, Robin's temporary works are exemplary and beyond the normal good practice. There is nothing wrong with going that extra mile so long as the consequences are acceptable.

@@stun9771 you're boring everyone now

Whilst you're getting all your paperwork together we'd gave got the beaming and brewed up. Box tickers everywhere.

Thanks, will do!

Thanks 👍

Many thanks!

Hope you enjoy it!

Yes, exactly

Two lintels are easier to lift, but you do need to bolt them together .... however you can use a single wide one which can be cheaper and quicker, but need to have loading calculations to be sure

We can do that but in most cases the steels are taller than the joists so you end up trashing all the rooms above, so although we can do it we give the customer the price either way and they decide

@@ukconstruction Thanks Robin. At least you give the client the option then let them decide. Like you say a lot more work and mess involved. Good luck.

For some reason he reminds me of Mick Jagger!!

scaffold planks

Or solid floor to bear off...

I used two 150 x 50 as a sole plate these where in the upright position resting on the joists and over the sleeper walls, the main acrows for the needles etc are taken through the floor onto spreaders on the existing concrete oversite

Funny enough the way your describing is the way I have always inserted beams in. Lay a bed of muck on the top of the beam then jack the beam up , insert the pads after, this way there are no voids under the existing brickwork or plates.Good video through from someone whos been building for in excess of 50 years now.

@@miketaylor3503 This danger with this method is the mortar bed will shrink leading to settlement of the supported structure above, maybe only 1 or 2mm, but enough for cracks to occur - I've seen it many times. Dry packing (with a 3:1 sharp sand:cement mixed to 'damp earth' consistency that will from a firm ball when squeezed in the hand), on the other hand, with it's low water content suffers minimal shrinkage which, in combination with well packed slate, greatly reduces the risk of cracking. Dry packing is a pain to do well though. If using your mortar bed approach I'd want to use a non-shrink grout like Webber 5*, rather than standard mortar, it's excellent stuff.

My pleasure!

Just so it goes up at a set time. Sometime you try and upload and doesn’t always work right. This way everyone can get excited for Robin’s video with plenty of time to make a cuppa 🤔

Thank you!

That's a great shout mate yours will be free!!! Dm me on Instagram and I will get you one!!!

Well if you look closely I do have a 10mm plate welded on the top and this did add about 40% to the overall weight!! instead of this beam being about 300kg it was more like 430kg!!

If this guy charges by the day he must be expensive

@@himynameisandyb I never charge by the day, only price work

If people want it done right they’ll pay a fair price. Those that don’t can find Joe Bodgitt who gets paid in cash.

Hi Joe, we had a really nice existing foundation on this build, and also the brickwork was super sound and solid, every job can differ and even structural engineers differ on the same design!! Get a second opinion...

Glad you enjoyed it

Heard Robin say, " 9 inch wall." Which means two bricks and a 10mm joint. So, that can be two bricks and a morter joint or one running the length of the wall ( ==== ) like so, or running across the length of the wall, thus : |||||||| Depending on the bond.

A nine inch wall means double brick solid wall. No cavity.

In our case the existing foundations of the dwelling where really nice and the walls where super solid, we where also leaving enough brickwork as piers to justify not needing the frame set up, this is the first for a while that we have done that did not have the goal frame set up so that was great, its really tricky because an engineer has to cover him/herself and they also have to work on assumptions etc, maybe ask the question "can you make this work with a single beam?" say hi if you see me out and about!!!

@@ukconstruction Thanks for the reply Robin I certainly would say hi if I were to see you out and about. You actually shop in a timber merchant where my partner works but she's too shy to say anything to you. Keep up the great videos and sharing your knowledge its much appreciated

Hi Craig, I tend to work out how many square metres of materials are in the building and would affectively be supported, I make assumptions and also over calculate and come up with a figure, then I would add an amount per room for furniture etc I would then see where and how I can fit the props, needles and get divide the weight by the amount of supports, there are lots of variables and in the case of my job we had a large concentration of the load down the side of the bay into the middle of the new opening, this was evident when I removed the concrete lintel as it had a crack due to the loads over, I am a strong believer in more props the better, its about managing risk and health and safety Thanks for your comments mate

Thanks for sharing your knowledge, top man Just in case you ever need it the BRE good building guild is GBG 15 Its got all the loads for the acrows and needles pre worked out.

When a steel is specced it should come with it the load that it is to support and how it’s distributed along the beam. Likely over estimated by a good margin but a starting point no less?

@@craigsmith3954 Thanks Craig I will take a look

Hi Luke, DM some images to me via Instagram....

@@ukconstruction thank you very much Robin, will do 👍

Thanks.

Hi Jude, we use slate packing on top of the steel to pick up the brick courses and not under the beam where it needs to sit directly on a concrete padstone or steel spreader, the slate is also pointed with a good strong sand and cement mix to completely fill any voids, we also use a drier mix of sharp sand and cement to dry pack larger joints, hope that helps and I do try to read and respond where ever I can, I see about 50 new comments a day across my video collection so it is sometimes hard to answer them all, I particularly liked your comment as it was a really useful question that many people would probably wonder so thanks for that mate!!

@@ukconstruction Thanks Robin. really appreciate your thoughtfulness, in every respect. Cheers mate. Jude.