Beam and Block Floor Assembly - 35A Extension #2 

Luke Dyte Yes but that was the wrong trolley. We needed soft tyres to run over the ground. We were working away from home and you never have what you need.

Don't worry most of the comments have me as Rodger and it matters not one jot to me. I am glad you like the series, sadly Dylan moved from movie to stills and, though we have it, the series kind of peters our towards the end. We must get back on it when we find the time. There is so much going on at the moment.

You always get one person on a job who tells you it isn't going to work and that spreads like a disease.

We are spread around the South East. Our studio and edit suite is in Colchester so we are up there a lot.

@@SkillBuilder I heard you say Colchester then saw the Milbank lorry, we used to use them a lot as I work for a builders merchant. Never found their stock beams to be very good quality but the ones you were using were custom made so I'd guess made to a higher standard than their stock ones.

strained? Yes you are right there. I was not at my most patient. It settled down when the heavy lifting was done.

I would love to think we could have done that but when you go from 4 to 6 the beam is heavier section and twice the weight. Half a ton each is 6 bllokes.

The beam size is relative to the span Jack. Smaller jobs would have a lighter beam.

Nathan Ellis we use light beams for everything

Thomas Geraghty if you have a big void underneath it’s easier than a solid concrete floor. Plus air flow to stop damp.

max31198 the ole damp in England is a whores ghost , timber and a crawl space with vents, rot? That ole treated stuff now a days is no good. Fence states in the UK rotten....deck boards too. There is a treated table my father made in chicago 35 yrs ago and been in ireland outside for 25. Zero rot. Mighty stuff. Fence posts, and deck boards he bought in Ire, rot. Unreal. Concrete the way!

Thomas Geraghty The advantages are no dampness The way to go is start digging foundations then do the footings then internal drainage then the beams then the blocks in the beams then the out side bricks brought up to the level the concrete will be, with laser level then seal the blocks in the beams,with wet muck I usually would do this with dey sand and cement and then dampen with the hose after Then 100m polystyrene over the sealed block and beams,cut tight wright to the edges then all around the edges up right tight again then polythene rolls Roll them out and cover whole slab complete, and seal with water proof ducted tape preferably the blue one as is best so they say, and then ready to poor, concrete preferably the fiberglass concrete as is kind of self levelling,but you still have to tap screed and when done ,then spray with polybond spray to seal again, RESULT IS completely damp free com bak next day start work ready to build extension. I said I would right this and explain, because a Lot of people on here have not got a clue what the fuck is going on so now you might have a bit of a clue, that's EXCEPT ROGER OF COURSE sorry if your reading this Roger these people make stupid comments so I thought I would answer for you. Hope you don't mind that goes for you to Thomas now you no mate.👍👍👍

The rest of the house is concrete and it is good to match it . Also we wanted a screed for the underfloor heating. Timber floors at ground floor level are not used so much these days in the U.K.

aboout 4 metres. They will know how to move them

Just go to a supplier, through your merchant. You send them the drawing and they spec the whole thing. The beams sit on a dpc on top of the brick or blockwork that forms the inner skin of the cavity wall.

The ground was made up so a central walls would have required a deep foundation. The beams do that span very easily. As for the underfloor ventilation it is supposed to be 150mm for sure.

Think u did mate

@@abidpardasi cost me aswell. Oh well.

Those beams were heavy duty and moving them over the brickwork can cause damage. We were on the limit. Two more men would have made a huge difference. Things have changed, now you can pick up cash in hand Eastern European labour from the Wickes carparrk and we would have had four more blokes on the job but we couldn't find anyone who wanted a day of heavy lifting. We more or less had to drug those guys and kidnap them.

The foundation is wider than the wall and goes down 1 metere. The inner wall is built up directly above the beam ends

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The Building control decided that we would need to take out a metre of ground to find something good enough to lay a concrete slab on. The beam and block has advantages in such sites and also where there is heave.

thanks mate

Think I would of gone with a floating slab if ground heave is a problem. But shit that block an beam looks just too much like unnecessary work. Sleeper wall maybe to save your back. But I am sure u no what your doing Roger

Hi Raul Beam and block is independent of the ground so the made up ground doesn't need compacting. Also we have a cellar under one end of the building so that is free space.

@@SkillBuilder I am concerned that starting on part 2 they cant even see the foundations you poured into the trenches in the previous video.

I think it depends on the nationality. If it is Italians or Asians there is lots of shouting and waving of arms but very little gets done. I like having one person who knows what he/she is doing and eveyone else shuts up.

@@SkillBuilder im exactly the same but everytime ive been apart of steels or beams theres 1 person messing round and the other person trying to get them to take it seriously. Ive seen steel beams end friendships before aha

Because it is a beam and block floor. It is a very good way to build.

First I heard of it.. guess it has its advantages.. must have been selected for an engineering reason @@SkillBuilder

Roger is very safety conscious and doesn't like anyone being a clown when it comes to keeping safe.

We don't put rebar in house foundations in the U.K, we dig down a big further and find solid ground then we mass fill.

@@SkillBuilder I understand. And what about PVC drainage around? Just curious to know more. It's been impressive so far, subscribed.

Yes it is done all the time

He's pulling your leg!

The audiostud ( what a prick )

pootuis poot it’s 14 years old so probably some of them

yes I thought the same thing but it was spot on and we did use the tape as well. Always a mission setting out

Skill Builder im a groundworker, weston groundworks, we probably operate near you, when it comes to taking it up to damp, £300 for a bricky to set it out a d throw it up in a day is a seriously worthwhile thing for us knuckle draggers... all them thar numbers hurt a groundworkers brain

The brickies were busy and we needed to get on. Plus I don't trust anyone setting out. I have seen out of square buildings so many times

Yes the ground was all made up and getting down to something solid was a lorry load of excavation.

This was 2006, just before nice HD cameras became available.

@@SkillBuilder oh i was still in college. u guys still trading?

just get your wallet out...

The ground is probably not suitable for a slab, block and beam is more flexible, used a lot on clay ground

andrew taylor then go for suspended timber floor. Sod manhandling all that gear.

@@stevensdbuild9524 I agree

It is from Belle and is really for mixing tile adhesive and self levelling screed. We were working away from home, staying over and didn't want to bring the mixer up at that stage. The brickies arrive in the next episode and bring their proper size mixer. Funny thing is that in one of my mad tidying up frenzies I chucked that mixer on the skip. There was nothing wrong with it and later I found out tilers pay loads for them.

Yes we have done all that and Pythgoras as well.

@@SkillBuilder same difference ain't it.

Then of course sine, cosine and tangents come into play.

Was in construction for manys a year, so miss the crack on site.

It isn't about speed. This is saves the ground build up with hardcore and sand and reinforcing. If the ground is not great you have to dig down especially with clay. This ground was all made up so it would all have to come out. Some places we pour and sometimes we use beam and block

@@SkillBuilder Thanks for the clarification.

I was looking at the footage and my older self wondered if I had been a little harsh on Robin. It looked an impossible task to him but in the end 11 minutes to get the last beam around and in position proved that all we needed to do was work out what we were doing. If we had been local we could have pulled in a few favours from other builders. Where I live we all rock up to lift a heavy steel beam in and with 10 men there is hardly anything we can't do.

Thank you for your worldy wisdom. Are you drunk?