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Andy_k GDPR opt-out	Steel work Aug 1^st, 2005, 10:59pm my brother in law is doing some alterations to his house. he needs to take out a couple of external walls at back of house. how far do acros have to be spread along wall? and what is minimum thickness of prop to put through wall to hold external wall while steel installed?
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JerryD GDPR opt-out	Re: Steel work Reply #1 - Aug 1^st, 2005, 11:05pm This is a bit outside the scope of diy. I could give advice here but if it all comes down on top of you....................................... How much experience do either of you have of major structural alterations?
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Andy_k GDPR opt-out	Re: Steel work Reply #2 - Aug 1^st, 2005, 11:11pm he got a brickie doing the work for him.... unfortunately he not got a clue about it!! he already got all the steelwork cut just needs it putting in! i've got a certain amount of knowledge of general building... but............ brother in law a sprayer!!!!!!!!!!!
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JerryD GDPR opt-out	Re: Steel work Reply #3 - Aug 2^nd, 2005, 5:57pm Are you saying that the bricky hasn't a clue either? So that's three of you without a clue, ready to embark on major structural alterations! What insurance do you have? This is scarey stuff
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Andy_k GDPR opt-out	Re: Steel work Reply #4 - Aug 2^nd, 2005, 9:55pm brickie sposed to be running job.. not really interested though! i only said i'd give him a hand where ever i can.. was just asking a question really tring to help him out
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Reply #5 - Aug 2^nd, 2005, 10:25pm

My advice is to get a local builder to do it for you. If he is any good he will have done dozens of these and will also have minimum £1 million Public Liability insurance in case anything goes wrong.

This can be disasterous work if NONE of you know what you're doing.

I reckon I've done about 50 - 60 of these 'knock-throughs' and no two have been the same. You need to understand what you're doing and what needs supporting. This cannot be done on a forum.

It's like trying to learn to fly a helicopter by a correspondence course. Not safe!

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Andy_k GDPR opt-out	Re: Steel work Reply #6 - Aug 2^nd, 2005, 10:51pm ok cheers
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Andy_k GDPR opt-out	Re: Steel work Reply #7 - Sep 4^th, 2005, 4:29pm all sorted
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Hitachimad GDPR opt-out	Re: Steel work Reply #8 - Sep 5^th, 2005, 7:31pm I thought this may have been a question for me to answer Unfortunately not.
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Chaddy GDPR opt-out	Re: Steel work Reply #9 - Sep 5^th, 2005, 10:23pm [quote author=Hitachimad link=1122933599/0#8 date=1125945099]I thought this may have been a question for me to answer Unfortunately not. [/quote] Too slow
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