Structural Engineer Advice

[Tummy Burger]

Need to knock an internal supporting wall down, to keep Mrs Burger happy. Apparently I need to get one of these Sctructural guys in to do drawings and meaurements first. Been quoted £450. Any Albion fans in the business know any more economical people to do the job ?.

Thought it was worth a shout. Cheers

 

[Return of the Rev]

Need to knock an internal supporting wall down, to keep Mrs Burger happy. Apparently I need to get one of these Sctructural guys in to do drawings and meaurements first. Been quoted £450. Any Albion fans in the business know any more economical people to do the job ?.

Thought it was worth a shout. Cheers

Don't be a wimp just knock the wall out! a drawing won't help
But if you insist i'll pop round a draw a picture of your house for £200

 

[Tummy Burger]

Don't be a wimp just knock the wall out! a drawing won't help
But if you insist i'll pop round a draw a picture of your house for £200

Thanks that's a real help ROTR.
Apparently it is required, so I have no choice.

 

[Titanic]

Sounds like all you need is a couple of acrows and a scaffolding plank....

 

[Return of the Rev]

Thanks that's a real help ROTR.
Apparently it is required, so I have no choice.

£150 in colour?

 

[Tummy Burger]

I should have known better than to ask a sensible question on NSC. Still you are keeping me entertained, so keep up the good work.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Thanks that's a real help ROTR.
Apparently it is required, so I have no choice.

Where did you get that information

 

[8ace]

I'll do it for £100 but you have to provide the crayons and I will eat them once I'm done

 

[Titanic]

I should have known better than to ask a sensible question on NSC. Still you are keeping me entertained, so keep up the good work.

Hopefully NSC will come up trumps - as usual! Come on all you Structural Engineers out there... help this man out!

 

[Tummy Burger]

Where did you get that information

The builder requires it to be done, as it is a supporting wall. Something about length and strength of the steels

 

[jackanada]

UB 127x76x13, 152x89x16 if its quite a long span or theres a lot of weight on it. This will cover 98% of domestic applications and I claim my £20.

 

[happypig]

UB 127x76x13, 152x89x16 if its quite a long span or theres a lot of weight on it. This will cover 98% of domestic applications and I claim my £20.

While undoubtedly correct, you need to have a bit of paper that says you are qualified to write some sums on another bit of paper. You also need a further bit of paper that says that if either of the previous bits of paper are wrong they will indemnify you. With these three bits of paper you can get someone to give you 450 bits of paper with the queen on them.

 

[HAILSHAM SEAGULL]

Need to knock an internal supporting wall down, to keep Mrs Burger happy. Apparently I need to get one of these Sctructural guys in to do drawings and meaurements first. Been quoted £450. Any Albion fans in the business know any more economical people to do the job ?.

Thought it was worth a shout. Cheers

Try giving these guys a call, they do any work I need structural calcs for, reasonably priced whenever i've used them, certainly not £450.

http://www.structual-engineers.uk.net
HT Partnership, based at Ringmer

 

[Tummy Burger]

While undoubtedly correct, you need to have a bit of paper that says you are qualified to write some sums on another bit of paper. You also need a further bit of paper that says that if either of the previous bits of paper are wrong they will indemnify you. With these three bits of paper you can get someone to give you 450 bits of paper with the queen on them.

Class.

 

[Tummy Burger]

Try giving these guys a call, they do any work I need structural calcs for, reasonably priced whenever i've used them, certainly not £450.

http://www.structual-engineers.uk.net
HT Partnership, based at Ringmer

Ta Much. Will give them a try.

 

[Return of the Rev]

Ta Much. Will give them a try.

But you know where to find me if they turn out to be cowboys!
ps can do it for £75 with glitter and gold stars and stuff there's no way ace is taking this job off me

 

[Superphil]

UB 127x76x13, 152x89x16 if its quite a long span or theres a lot of weight on it. This will cover 98% of domestic applications and I claim my £20.

A very good friend of mine used to own a successful company doing alteration works in peoples houses. He was mortgage free, lovely house in West Sussex, overlooking the river, 4 kids, grand children, life was pretty sweet. He did something just like that (assumed the 98% rule) and the chimney stack collapsed into a house he had worked on. He was sued, he lost everything, including his house, all his pensions, the lot. He's in his late 50s, now rents a house, can't get a bank account, or a mortgage, and drives a taxi for a living. All for the sake of not getting a structural report done for building regs.

It really isn't worth the builders while to risk it.

 

[Return of the Rev]

A very good friend of mine used to own a successful company doing alteration works in peoples houses. He was mortgage free, lovely house in West Sussex, overlooking the river, 4 kids, grand children, life was pretty sweet. He did something just like that (assumed the 98% rule) and the chimney stack collapsed into a house he had worked on. He was sued, he lost everything, including his house, all his pensions, the lot. He's in his late 50s, now rents a house, can't get a bank account, or a mortgage, and drives a taxi for a living. All for the sake of not getting a structural report done for building regs.

It really isn't worth the builders while to risk it.

well thats another in the 2% bracket odds looking better for the 98% knock it through now

 

[CheeseRolls]

paid £420 last year for a structural engineers report, so I suggest this is not outrageous.

 

[Hillian1]

Make sure you use a wooden lintel.

O'Reilleys are good but have a gnome handy.