HOW TO INSTALL A STEEL BEAM IN DETAIL 

Steels work can be quite enjoyable, always a good feeling when last acrows come out. Nicely done BWSAA.

Another cracking job, I remember it well, makes me want to get the trowel out again, keep up the great vids, stay safe lads.

Honest building chaps! Great to see the new technology & steel boots..... Looking forward to seeing more footage soon.

Doesn't matter what job you guys tackle you make it look easy. More quality work

Love the brogues... safety first 🤣😂🤣😂 Absolutely love yer work ... Best on RU-vid par none 💪👏

Great work. We are about to do the same job in our house. This is a great reference.

Really good video. Im putting a slightly bigger profile rsj in 3.3 mtrs long myself today. Acro props in place and cleaned out, but going to be some job lifting on my own. I'm going to use raised pallets as levers each side and a plasterboard hoist. The pallets will allow the hoist to work within its safe working load.

Good job, always either a pipe or wire in the way somewhere doing these, I like to spread a bed of compo over the top of rsj just before cranking it up. Quality work lads

Excellent craftsmanship as normal from you gentlemen 👍 well done 👍🍺👌

Thanks for another great vid guys. Been waiting for a detailed rsj video 👍🏽

Another great vid...usually have a question, but struggling this time though. Well explained. Cheers lads

Great step by step guide for the uninitiated. Top job as always. 👊. Dave Birmingham.

Great job as usual ste and Alex . I always look forward to my Friday fix of a video of you 2 doing what you do best . So until next Friday 😢😂

Proper job again Steve and al !

As a structural engineer I totally agree with you Steve, the steel should sit direct onto the padstone without mortar. Great video - I was very relieved when you finally propped the wall 😂

Nice I always wanted to see a professional team do this .

awesome, you drill down rather than use a disc cutter, just like I do...dust is a killer. Well done chaps.

Excellent video well done top job top team awesome thanks 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

Very informative lads as usual 👍👍

Like the idea of jacking the steel all the way up instead of putting pads on then lifting the steel, will remember that one 👍👍

Well enjoyed that....

Nice work lads, Tidy job as always

lovely job

Ta chaps! Nice one! Something different ;-)

Nice tidy work lads

Nice neat work. I wish you were my builder

Another top video and of course most of this type of work is the cleaning up and it’s amazing how much crap is generated! I noted a few comments regarding pulling the last two acrows out prior to full setting of the mortar ! I always have a half bag of rapid set cement knocking about and would use it or mix a bit with the normal cement on situations like this ( have to be sharp though ) as it goes off before you can get on the steps with it lol😂🤫Besides the learning curve with your new camera 🎥 equipment you now have grown in confidence whilst explaining the various stages of the build which is commendable 💪👏👍

I've got the same layout and I'm wanting to knock through kitchen diner. That little add on bay is similar to mine and my engineer is saying I need to get a beam put across that first aswell as the large one. Im gonna seek a second opinion. Great job by the way lads, I'm just scratching my head as to why I can't do mine the same 🤷‍♂️

Top man 👏👏👏👍🇬🇧

Nice work Steve & alex great job.👍 how was the weather big storm ⛈ probably not that’s when your in the footings. 😂👍

Great video.

Another great video lots. It’s like watching a Bussman’s holiday of my day job. Did you do it all in one day makes a nice big kitchen diner when it’s done. The only shame was the loss of audio quality halfway through but I could see what you were doing LOL

Alright, new area for those extra fridge magnets!🤣

Would you lift floorboard if not solid floor to stand props on and do you drill lintel to bolt @ 4" X 2" timber inside U of lintel to fix plasterboard to or do plasterers just Gripfix to steel ? Thanks

Another great video you guys rock! Just a quick concern you two didnt have any helmets anything could have fallen out of that ceiling.

Thanks guys for this. Quick question, was this one where the wall continued all the way upsatirs, I assume it was? My understanding was you needed to use strongboys to needle above the height of the steel (i.e. above ceiling height). Or does that depend on whether the wall has perpendicular joists resting on it?

Really helpful video, thank you! Can I ask what your mortar mix is for bedding the padstones? Everyone has such different opinions online - from 2:1 to 3:1 dry mix, and even 6:1:1 mix, and from sharp sand to building sand.

Interesting,very

Very informative way of doing it 👍

Nice job, and best steel lintel video I've seen. Hope that's christened the new boots (they will keep getting better). Silly Q what would you rough estimate the weight of that lintel?

Hi lads hope youes are fit and well that camra gear looks the business And a tidy job nice and neet fair play boys 👍🧱⚒😁

Thank you guys, I've developed a love for building and I've been searching for the name for this planks and acrows until I came across your video and read what was there.

Nice work.. My query is How did you support the wall just when you had the rsj in place and removed the pole and wood supporting the upper floor brickwork? Cheers.

I really appreciate your video, thanks guys - I would like to have seen how you managed to get the steel up using the acrows - is there a method/trick to doing this or is it relatively easy (ish!)? Thanks again

Great Job guys! currently planning knock through kitchen dining room, how do you calculate what size RSJ to use please and how many days did this take? (Y)

Great in depth video.. How do you work out what size RSJ and is this the same process for a double skin wall.. Cheers Glenn

Great video. Are you using quick drying cement - amazed how quickly you are removing the supports for the beam, I was under the impression you should let the mortar set for a couple of days.

I'm doing a similar job lads - do I have to pack under the RSJ and padstone with a steel shim or can I sit the steel ontop of the padstone? Will this pass building regs?

Great video lads! How comes you put the support on either side of the beam and not directly where the beam would be installed?

Do you put a spread on top of he steal before winding it up just wondering ?

Great video. Quick question. I have a 40mm gap to make up under my padstone so it sits flush under the steel. What can I pack it up with? I notice you're using thin padstones. Should I just cut a padatone thin as a way to pack it up the required 40mm?

Sir i have to combine two rooms, and the wall in between them is 10ft. And it might be load bearing, not sure tho. 2ft wall i m keeping as it as, as i m making a kitchen on the other part of the partition. So if i ll keep a 9 inches wall on the left side of the wall and 2ft on the right side of the wall, the remaining space left is 7.3inches i guess. What size of rsj steel beam need and is there any other alternative

Hi guys do you need to phone building control before you start work or after it's all done? And how long roughly does it take them to come out so you can start to box in the rsj thanks

Tasty boots young man, make sure you keep them polished....I’ll be watching...🤨

Hi guys. Spotted you driving south on the M6 last Thursday; what's it like to be famous! Having an extension soon so hope to put some work your way.

Neat job there mister 👍👍 is that a 7x4 steel RSJ ? Also is that another cut piece of pad stone under the main pad stone or just a concrete piece to give u the height ? Thanks pal

Nice work guys, i noticed that you have removed the rsj same day, it needs to stay for at least 24-48 before removing, unless you pack it underneath with slate, not seen the slate tho, nice to see team at work, i also work with my son 👍

nice video mate, i was wondering how do you figure out how much pad stone you need to use

Hi what rsj would I need for a load bearing wall🤔room and attic above with a block wall above.Sorry I’m getting so many answers when I search around.Il be squaring my chimney breast off with rsj sitting inside chimney stack.Any advice would be great. Thanks 🙏🏻

As a home owner looking to have a builder carry out near identical size opening, what do I need to do in the way of informing building control or gain some type of approval etc, do I need to?

I am DIY person and like your videos. When you layed last block under neath RSJ, you placed the block on thin morter layer and no morter under the RSJ. M I righ? Further can we remove the support from RSJ same day? Thanks anyway

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question . i want install 8x6 20 ft metal beam for support wall. Can we cut 9' and install metal beam? next left 1 coulomb and right 1 coulomb and after demo all brick wall between 2 coulombs ?

Seen a steel done with no pad stone just a brick and two slates,( not real slate, man made stuff) would this be sufficient.

Father & son team

is a 16-foot beam the longest it can go? what happens if the wall is like 20-25 feet wide? thanks

Great job guys , guessing you got that done in the day?, I’m always interested to see how other builders price jobs like this, will you be doing any vids of pricing?

Mad how you take them acrows out the same day. You don’t want it to all settle and compress. You leave it to settle when you tighten the acrows up and take them out the following day once it’s gone off 😐

These are brilliant videos matey. Can u do this to me house?

Thanks for the video! Quick question, is there a general rule to follow when deciding how much of the beam should rest on the wall? I can see here its about a brick's length, is that the standard or does it vary based on the length of the beam? Thanks!

OMG I really would have waited at lest a day before releasing the acrows

hey guys great video I am doing a very similar work. Got my structure report done but the builder is asking £900 only for putting the bean in and let it settle for few days. But taking down the wall and tidy up the mess is not included. the price is only for putting the bean in. Do you think its a fair price? the bean measurement are 152x89x16 and the padstone 330Lx100x150

Great work! How long has the mortar been drying before you remove the acros?

I don’t really get the purpose of the padstone in this case, couldn’t the beam itself pad the load onto the bricks same way as the padstone does, the beam has quite a large contact surface at the ends.

For a job like that what would be your estimate minus materials? Love your videos 👍

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nice one, what the size of the padstone 330x215 x100mm?

Another good job, well done, shame you couldn't use your trench block on this one😀😀😷🥂🥂

What keeping that beam from. Falling off wall?

Does it matter that the rsj isnt treated?

Are pad stones breeze block??

Can you remove Acro prop straight away? Shouldn’t u wait 24 hours?

This is exactly what we need doing in our house. How do I get in touch with you? We're based in Preston

hi lads how do you know what size steel to put in not length ways as in 6x4 etc is there a set size ,, stay safe guys

Hello, any expert tips on how to fill top of a beam into existing opening.... probably about 20 mil gap. Most people saying sharp sand dry mix and roof slates ?

Did you guys need planning or building control out for that work?

I didn't know Ann summers did camera stands 😂😂😂

Are you father and son ? Just wondering because I worked with my father who is a bricklayer when I was a boy I'm a bricklayer and I love the videos good work keep it up 💪

How long of a span? What size beam?

Did I miss the lateral support being added at the ends? Just hoping the weight of the structure will keep that pinned in a light earthquake?

The most important moments are lost. That's not fair. (to lift. the steel beam--🤣

How does two blokes lift steel hold it up aswell as getting two acros set up under steel plus that's dangerous you should never put the acro direct onto rsj metal on metal is very slippy if that slips off acro someone's dead

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Where about you working I need to i stał RSJ in Peterborough is this is not far from you ?

What’s the white thing in Alex’s ear?

Blimey, who sold you that RSJ...it needs cleaning and painting with anti rust...!...and cable locators are good to use too...naughty boy

Acrows - 5:27 Demo - 9:27

That look... 3:06

Love it. You missed the entire point of the video...lifting the steel!

Did building inspector not asked for steal to be painted?