How to Support a Load-Bearing Wall When Knocking Through 

That video is priceless. Totally how to do it with sketchy wobbly steps. We all appreciate the honesty. Great job well done and a lifetime of experience

Real world, nothing fancy just experience and wobbly ladders.

the ladder acrobatics are a lot more entertaining than cirque du soleil

So many chuckle brother moments

Roger, I am a Chartered Architect, age 83, and work with builders like you, they are time served craftsmen and we are all friends and agree that your videos are first class and a great benefit to the building industry. Keep up the good work, we all appreciate it.

" It's his channel, just do as he says ". Looked like fun, it was fun watching others do it.

“I’ll go to the second hand shop later”. Classic 😂

Roger on fire with the banter today.

Great to see J-Strut props in action. 👍

All that was missing was Charlie Drake and Tommy Copper. Great video Roger you'd be glad to get them in place. Happy job.

We Yankee Americans love Skill Builder!!!

Why does the prop move at 14:03 😂😂

Great banta in this video 😂 A Roger podcast episode with a structural engineer would be a good one! What considerations are made? Span vs Steel? Underpinning vs box frames? Etc.

Great video Roger. I do like those fancy acrows. 👍

Very helpful video as my kitchen extension has a very small gap, the same width as the old kitchen window, and I want to make it wider to get more light in the dining room. I'll have to prop the wall up while they put the steel in like this.

done 100s of steels and its just what you can do at the time. it isn't always simple. great work. don't listen to the people in the comments. ps i have found acros boxed into walls before! cowboys Ted!

That was comedy gold 😂😂. Cheers Rodger

Great job

Great work lads reminds me off the Surrey Builder I use to work for as an apprentice carpenter back in 80s always had a crack

Impressive, safety first - hard hat and toe protection. Well done.

Pete Tong …. Love it Roger.

Those straps look very similar to a set I have- I wouldn’t rely on it to hold that RSJ- must have been near its limit- that thing slips and 😢. Good idea though but stronger straps needed.

great video

Which doughnut laid the new steels on top of the electrical extension lead? That could give someone a nasty surprise if the insulation breaks down just as they go to lift the steel! As an electrician, I see builders being careless with electric all the time, extension leads get so much abuse with aggregates puncturing cable insulation. As the years go on there are fewer and fewer properties with old rewireable fuse boards, which means by the time neglected extension leads are plugged into old unprotected installations, the chances are the builders won't be old enough to have the experience to know the dangers. Some younger labourer will get electrocuted.

Good stuff always. I can’t believe the state at 7:40 though, if the idea is to be safety conscious we are missing a few spots here. Always have two feet standing on a steady platform that is big enough and has secured edges, with your weight centered, don’t reach outside of your supported range, use lateral support e.g. ladder bar and fall prevention, have the right height for your work so you don't have to stoop or reach, secure your hoist/load so it can not go anywhere unless you tell it to, never step around a support, let alone off your secured platform, do not use household ladders but only certified/rated material, use proper PPE, only use certified/rated hoisting materials, and don't knock out struts with your backside. On another note, do the structural work before you build out, so you have all the space you need to set up a lift and get those beams in there without fighting the small space, and you are certain of your main structure before you start building around that.

Steps looked wobbly

The steps shook him like ACDC.... priceless.

Sorry Roger , I know you were a guest on this job and had no say in safe working practices but this was an accident waiting to happen.glad you all went home safe that night.

Rog looks f’ing wired in the introduction 🤣 great vid as always

what you can do with the I beam is if you get some u-shaped metal or making out of some wood so you can slide the eye beam into it it only needs to be 35,mm tall and fix that to the acrow, then you could have one either side on ground level place the beam on the two you don't need three and with a drill raise up the beam and then when you get to your point just tilt it forward it should just drop in nicely if you haven't cocked it up😊

Any chance you can do a video series on different methods for extensions. Timber frame, sip panels, block, air Crete. Would be great

I'll give this a bash this evening

I was watching the guy standing on the long plank without support on the overhanging part 😮

Haven't you guys heard of a genie? How none of you didn't fall of those ladders I don't know! Rog, you were pretty close to coming a cropper around the 8 minute mark. This is an example of how NOT to do things. Love your videos mate so please don't hurt yourself!

We hate those tubes 😫. We use a nut and washer on each side of each upright so they are clamped solid but are easily adjusted 👌🏼😉🧱👍🏽

Top job lads, but usually is it not blur slate you pack up with?

All you need is the chuckle bros to lend a helping hand...😂

Good old school builders.

Heath and safety will love you 😮

Those "Second-Hand Shops" must come in so handy for the building trade..... Especially in Knock through season🤣😂🤣😂

don't show roger's ladder work to health & safety 😂good work chaps

I'm getting the words.. Precarious and chuckle brothers.

Cool

Props to Jolly Roger 😀

Is a good idea to pack it with slate here and there before the compo added ?

Strop Balls and Sausage Fingers 😂😂😂 Love it.... Great video....

I have a 200 year old cottage with 1ft thick solid stone walls. Does this add to the complexoty of the job when knocking through and install a steel for bifold door?

Lifting steels off a step ladder! My old boss used to do that until it almost crushed his head when he went flying off the steps. You old schoolers need a talking too! Lol.

been using torque straps recently instead of ratchet. Take a lot of work out of it.

what i like about this video the most is that its the real world if we dont have a platform fuck it we can just stand on trellis and dodgy ladders lol HS will be using this video in training for not what to do lol😂😂

mountain goats these lads!

Ranting Rodger having a stropp....NEVER. Good job for three old guys.👍👍

Might course one or two raised eyebrows but it’s pretty much the real world of domestic work . The. Old trap ends can catch the unweary , but all in all a successful mission . Did anyone else spot the quality of the original brickwork , the soldiers were definitely on parade when they were put in . Kind regards as always .😀👍

How do you know how much to tighten the acro props. Is there a torque setting or do you keep pressing the trigger til it turns no more?.

should u have a board underneath the acro on the side of the strong boy

Suppose you could have a frame sat on the props and chain block beam up. Just thinking i’ll be doing this on my own next year with a mate to help, cheer good vid

No safety glasses whilst smacking bricks out !!!!;

Brings back memories how we used to do things, bit of brain and a lot of muscle. Keeping things real. Happy days. Elf and safety , what’s that then? 🤣😂

This is fantastic - I could never work out how you get the bricks out and lintel in without the whole wall coming down. But yeah - duh - support above the lintel area. Sometimes I wonder about my own IQ....

Roger… I thought I’d accidentally clicked on an old YMCA video at the start of this vid!!😂

Those guys! No hard hats and no protective glasses, they take a chance, bonkers! 😮

That wobbly step ladder move had me a bit nervous. I know building always involves a bit of risk but that's a silly lift, bud.

dry pack the steel with slate (eg) , then fill with mortar

Weve all done it 😅 You know what i mean

This is the build game down to a t 😂

Leaving the full weight of the steel on that ratchet seemed a bit scetch but you got away with it 😅

And how did builder (A) stop the mortar coming out the other side. Didi he use his finger or special tool?

HSE and kittens springs to mind!

Rog! You should think about a career in the Media as a side hustle!

The hardhat segment 😅

Stroppy nuts and sausage fingers sounds like a law firm to me

If in doubt, double up in steel. Structural engineers get paid the big money.

HSE would have kittens watching you 3 clowns lift those steels up like that , all 3 of you are lucky nobody got hurt

Love your stuff but this video is a classic for how not to do things - it's like watching laurel, hardy and their best mate 😳

NO SLATE for dry packing either Did you say they are called Roy Rodgers builders ???

Starts off with wear a hardhat😂 wow h&s at its best 😂😂

Three old farts in perfect harmony! Love it!

To me, to you, to me, to you

Wears a hardhat, but works off the crappiest ladders ever. LOL

Wheres your back supports or the exosuit?? Also lifting with the back? Thats not right 😂

Speaking to a structural engineer and there is a theory that you shouldn't bolt the beams together. Reason why is people overnighten and the beams sit out of square. Post edit I have just noticed that these are separated..

What happened to this being ‘Skillbuilder’ channel? This is a H&S joke. I can’t believe you posted this video!

How funny to see him not doing it exactly as it’s written in the text book and in a perfect world.....health and safety at its finest

Talk about health and safety and budge jobs and and there they are standing on top edge of bandstand and standing top edge of the ladder lifting a steel how safe is that not impressed

Oh dear, Roger. Really - structural engineers double them up! Well of course - because it's a cavity wall!! An you know I'm a structural engineer!

Could only be better if it was a Laurel & Hardy sketch 🤣

Maybe take some extra hard hats👷🏻in future Rog 👍🏼 Never too late to educate even time served experienced builders. A serious bump to the head could ruin a retirement. 🤕

Ooh Roger, those step ladders..........🙄

Did they not even pack it up??

Its a wonder he didnt hire one from hilti! Lol

Roger was a bit stroppy at the start, and then got nutty at the end.

House bashing at its best, plenty of space to use a genie to be honest

With this being paid product placement it should be made clear at the start of the video.

Does anyone know the Prudential's phone number?

to me to you. 🤣

All these know it alls in here. Make you laugh. There's 120 years of experience in that video and they've all made it that far. Tiny little steels and everyone wants to close the road off and get in the cranes! I know I exaggerate, but so do most of you with your comments. Everyone wants everyone to go home at the end of the day and they know how these things work. You'd all get a shock at the quote when builders charge you for all the usually unnecessary hse implimentation.

Hey Roger .... How many Yeeeears have you been working 'without' a hard-hat quite safely?? ... And How Looong was it before you noticed that one had fell OFF on this job?? 😂🤣😂. ......... Health&Safety - Just ANOTHER Stealth-Tax on the Construction Industry & Self-Employed in particular .... MeThinks 🤠

It is a cliche but my they are big UBs for a small span. Typical.

Hard hat, no legs... :)

Wears a hard hat and then works off those ladders.