Well done guys hard graft but you got there in the end.....had a bad accident last yr putting a monster one in the back of an old 5 bed Victorian house it weighed a tonne well actually 995kg to be precise it slipped of a scaffold tube that a lad had under it for leverage it twisted and dragged my hand under!! Ended up with 3 badly shattered fingers it was that bad it shattered my finger bones long ways and severe crush damage to all 3 finger ends. Had 12 weeks off work then had to go back laying bricks with broken fingers due to lack of money!! Lucky it wasn't my trowel hand so was gripping bricks with 2 fingers to lay... bones wouldn't join back together so had to go hospital every week to have them forced. There constantly numb now nerves are gone. So i tend to steer clear of steels now if I can. Anyhow well done boys look forward to the next one 👍

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

Jesse , it just shows how one small mishap can have big consequences. If you watch again I actually have a near miss as we are sliding the steel through the doorway , only noticed when I edited but nearly smashed my leg against the brickwork, very close ! 😬🧱👍🏼. Hope your hand improves for guy pal !

@modernizacja

4 жыл бұрын

C Jackson, thank you for sharing your story. I am very sorry for your accident!

At 11 minutes in Vic has his hands in there. Done that a few weeks ago and a block came down and gave me a sore one! Well propped but poorly jointed blockwork. Good job boys. Vic is a good hand👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

Bob Hendry . Cheers Bob , Vic was a massive help 🧱👍🏽

These videos plainly show who deserves most of the credit for the work being done...

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

Zac vaper Ste (dad ) 33 years experience..... Alex (son) nearly 3 years mostly working in foundations on site so nearly every job is completely new to him . I worked on my own for 23 years but now I wouldn’t work without him . He is progressing well 👍🏼👍🏼🧱

@ZacVaper

5 жыл бұрын

@@SteveAndAlexBuild Ahh...Father/son, that explains a lot. Glad to see him pick up the family business, good luck.

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

Zac vaper . Thanks pal 🧱👍🏽

Nice to see a good solid job..done with alot of effort but well...

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

Cheers Liam . That was a tough day 🥵🧱👍🏽

You obviously take pride in your work. Please consult a qualified engineer for temporary works. Ensure you are working to suitable standards, with acceptable factors of safety. Wouldn’t want to see you lads get hurt. Happy to chat if you’d like to talk things through at any time.

@SteveAndAlexBuild

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks will do 🧱👍🏽

Superb installation of two very heavy steels……great work guys 👍

@SteveAndAlexBuild

9 ай бұрын

This was a tough one 🥵🧱👍🏽

Awesome job Guys !

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

Jay Puyenbroeck . Cheers jay another tough job , this one battled us all the way . When do we see some more vids from you pal ? 🧱👍🏽

Quite labor intensive just to gain minimal amount of extra square footage....but may be the owner's best way (and probably the only way) to accomplish the task! Great video, thanks.

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

arkansas13 . Very true but well worth it in the end 👌🏼🧱👍🏽

Great well done guys

@SteveAndAlexBuild

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers pal 🧱👍🏽

big job this nice to see your lad progressing.great videos these

@SteveAndAlexBuild

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers Rod 💪🏼🧱👍🏽

Good evening another good video by a top team awesome thanks 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

Phil Glover . Cheers Phil , we couldn’t have managed this one without super Vic 💪🏼🧱👍🏽

Thanks Guys. Got a hopefully slightly simpler job coming up. Great hints and tips - like having the steels in place before the acros 🤦‍♂️

@SteveAndAlexBuild

3 жыл бұрын

David Crest good luck 💪🏼🧱👍🏽

Tough days work there but rewarding well done lads

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

YoungCarReviews . Thanks pal , the whole job was like that 👌🏼🧱 Thanks for watching and commenting

very impressive thanks for uploading..

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

farabhi ahmed . Cheers and thanks for watching and commenting 🧱👍🏽

Bloody awkward job but you always find a way to get the job done , great work lads 👊🏻

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Marc 🧱👍🏽

Good tip by showing putting the steels behind the strongboys first..proper job..I did alot of this kind of work in my past..did one on deansgate,took out a 16 flue chimney over 4 floors..love your uploads..proper grafters

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

Cheers Wayne I learned that trick the hard way . It was another tough day on the extension that fights back . It’s so satisfying now it’s all done 👌🏼🧱👍🏽

@itsmewayne428

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah man..you've done a really nice job..cant wait to see the finished job

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

Wayne Bailey . Nice one , thanks Wayne 🧱👍🏼

AI SIM,,,SHOW DE BOLA,,UM FORTE ABRAÇO A EQUIPE

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

MÃO NA OBRA MIRO STARSUPER . 😂😂💪🏽🥵🧱👍🏼

Good work well done

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

Giuseppe Trento cheers, thanks for watching and commenting 🧱👍🏽

Everyone needs a "Vic" in their life. Good work lads. Have you tried a genie lift? They make those steels so much easier and safer to put in. £50 half day hire....worth every penny!!! Good vid as always lads 👍🏻✌🏼

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

Rodian Montague Builds . Used them a few times , unfortunately we had to leave the back of the house in place till the roof went on so no genie 😬😫🧱👍🏼

Great job boys. Always a ball ache of a job. I personally would always use a genie lift(£80ish for a day)It saves on needing an extra man and I think it’s a safer way to install large steels as it eliminates any need to strain yourselves lifting, but each to their own 👍👍

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

J D11 . No chance with the genie as the wall was staying in for a while 😬🧱👍🏼

@kiteboy1973

3 жыл бұрын

@@SteveAndAlexBuild Make the oversite height up to the same height of internal floor. Measure out where the genie legs will go and remove brickwork and blockwork so the legs can travel into the building. We've just installed a roughly 800kg steel using 2 genies in exactly the same situation as you guys. The wall below will be staying for a while. Fill in little holes with insulation or if needed just brick them back in temporarily

@SteveAndAlexBuild

3 жыл бұрын

@@kiteboy1973 nice one 🧱👍🏽

hi guys.working hard again, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, whoever said that aint ever lifted one of those bad buys in, fitted four similar sized last weekend, hired a genie and it didn't grant me three wishes...……… plumbing and electrics the bane of our lives steve.

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

harry godwinson . Absolutely Harry! Those genies really are magic in right situations 👌🏼our wall was staying in for now unfortunately so we couldn’t use one 😟🧱👍🏼

Top job guys I like you steady away with steel inch at a time and get it right you carnt afford a mistakes with them carnt wait for the next vid 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

Mark Hep . Cheers mark , I’ve learned the hard way to price in plenty of time for things like this , as you say you can’t rush putting those bloody things in 🥵🧱👍🏽

@markhep

5 жыл бұрын

@@SteveAndAlexBuild you right there mate have a good weekend mate think the suns out for us as well 👍👍👍👍👍👍

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

Mark Hep . You too pal , it’s nearly enjoyable on site now it’s all dried up 😂🧱👍🏼

@markhep

5 жыл бұрын

@@SteveAndAlexBuild lol think you had it the hardest last week 👍👍👍👍

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

Mark Hep . It WAS. Grim , you would never know now 🧱👍🏼

Nice video lads top job as usual 👍👌

@SteveAndAlexBuild

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much 😁🧱👍🏽

Get yourself a genie lifter your on a nice flat base good builders backs hernias and other problems. You are a hero on the day until your backs gone think lads.

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 жыл бұрын

You can’t use a genie lift if the wall is still in 🙄🧱👍🏽

Loving this series of videos on this extension, lads. A proper head scratcher working every move out well in advance so you don't give yourself even more hassle further down the line. The kind of job Alex will learn more on in a couple of weekends than 6 months building straightforward boxes on site!

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

Jim Newlands Thanks Jim it’s great to get one of these every so often to get stuck into and yes it’s all new stuff for Al to gain valuable experience 👌🏼🧱👍🏽

You boys earnt your money, heavy work

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

Michael Lovett . Glad this one is over , those steels were not fun . 🧱👍🏼

Great vid lads, clearly shows all the effort & pain, not just the highlights! I've got one of those @5.5m long to do soon..

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

Carl . Thanks pal and best of luck with your steels 🧱👍🏼

Great job! Not for me though I can not stand it when extensions are done wall knocked through and there is a great big beam now smack bang in the middle of the room....... Another 3 courses up and an internal beam with an extended bottom lip, it would of gave support to the joists on first floor and a flush ceiling through to opening. Doing this takes no extra time, is a little more on cost of beam and gives a 100% better finish. Neither less you did a grand job keep it up, its not your fault it's these architect that get a good wage for a third of a thought!

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

Sean Coles mmmm I like the sound of your method sounds good 👌🏼🧱👍🏽

@sneedleprops2119

3 жыл бұрын

Our Props Make this possible without disrupting the upstairs rooms. Needling from one side ???? check us out at sneedleprops.com great work though!!

Just as expected, very professionally done

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

Jim Jam . Thanks pal , much appreciated 🧱👍🏽

Awesome videos guys, Great to see you two working together so well. I do this same job quite often and always use "Brick Brace" as well as propping- you get a load more room to work. Check out the full set, well worth the money. I also use a genie as that saves a lot of stress !! I've got 2 ridge beams to do 305x305mm one at 21m & one at 17m spliced at 5m - big crane for those 😂😂. Have a great weekend. Regards Tim

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

Tim Margereson . Jeeese these would look like cocktail sticks to those bruisers your putting in ! I’ve used the genie a couple of times , they are superb . The only snag is you need the wall out to use them . We only did the demolition the back wall after the roof went on so the house stayed secure . Thanks for the tips though , always welcome . Cheers 🧱👍🏼

@timmargereson332

5 жыл бұрын

@@SteveAndAlexBuild No probs, definitely look at the "Brick Brace" system. I use the full set with a scaffold pole bolted into them and they would support the opening by themselves. If this is the sort of thing you do often - get a set, I promise you won't regret it !!!! And no they don't pay me !!!!!

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

Tim Margereson Deffo worth looking into cheers 🧱👍🏼

Get into lads. These are the more interesting jobs. A bit of a challenge some times and change from the norm. 👍

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

Helicrete Sydney .Definitely a challenge ! But very satisfying once they are in 🧱👍🏼

@MrJFoster1984

5 жыл бұрын

Bricklaying With Steve and Alex A little tip for you guys if you have the setup, space and time allows. I get some scaffold tubes and clips and put them between the props. It helps to brace the props and allows you to slide your steels on the scaffold tubes into position ready for lifting into place. Cheers

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

Helicrete Sydney . Sounds good 👌🏼 thanks for the tip pal 🧱👍🏽

Slow is smooth. Smooth is fast.well done lads..

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

moxie mulgrew Cheers pal , thanks for watching and commenting 🧱👍🏼

Cracking job lads,brought back a few memories.

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

CHeers Les ...... bad memories I expect 😂😂😬🧱👍🏼

Very clean install, quick question do you not put anything between the beam and the insulation coming from above?

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks pal . The gap was insulated before plasterboard went Over and there was a cavity tray installed between the windows 🧱👍🏽

You made that look too easy lads great job

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

Richard Powell 😂😂It bloody wasn’t though ! 🥵🥵, not fun this one , that was a full 8 hours 🧱👍🏼

Great video guys! Just wondering how yous would of shored the internal wall up if the joists had of been running parallel with steel 🤔

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

czx68 . Thanks pal , probably strong boys. 💪🏼🧱👍🏽

@CC-vw3cz

3 жыл бұрын

@@SteveAndAlexBuild u would put needles through the wall but involves going up into the next floor above joist height ,but also u could lift the steels into the ceiling void hiding them

@SteveAndAlexBuild

3 жыл бұрын

@@CC-vw3cz 🧱👍🏽

Great vid. I have a question and I am a complete amateur so this might be obvious to some, but what happens to any moisture that penetrates the brick work from above the extension. Would it not just run down the inside of the cavity and end up on the steel. If anyone can advise that would be great! Thanks

@SteveAndAlexBuild

3 жыл бұрын

There is another video showing me installing a cavity tray 🧱👍🏽

Look like beasts. Hats a pretty big opening. 6m? Did the SE not specify steel piers or deeper foundation pads? Assume that wall is holding up the first floor joists, roof and new pitched roof for extension?

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

Zed Man . No just specified massive steels , we think they were too big just to be on the safe side . They were horrible getting them in 🧱👍🏼

Worked out beautifully at the end 👍💪🙏 I wished other builders and bricklayers had mentality and work ethics as you gentlemen, god bless

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Жыл бұрын

Thanks very much pal 🧱👍🏽

Top video but a word of warning from an old bricky site manager when propping the floor joist to hold the internal skin (or any floor joist with a brick block wall on it) be aware that some times not always check that mortar is ontop of the joist because sometimes it maybe an 8 inch joist a block is 9 inch leaving an inch gap ontop of joist if not filled in so when its propped the inside skin may drop an inch . Not having a go its just something to be aware of .

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks pal 🧱👍🏼

@frank1847

11 ай бұрын

Thats worth knowing Sam, thanks.

@SteveAndAlexBuild

11 ай бұрын

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Well done chaps!!!.. She's a beast!... I commented a while back that I used to bricklay 2ith my old man who died and after watching your videos I'm back to it tha k you guys so much!!

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

chris richards Evening Chris , that’s great to hear mate and it really means a lot to us that our videos have helped . Thanks for watching out channel pal and for contributing to our comments 👌🏼🧱👍🏼

Didn’t realize that the North of England is in an earthquake zone!! Great video!! Rod

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

Rod Fair mmmmm we think the architect may have gone a size up to be in the safe side . These things we’re way over engineered .... should have got him to help put them in 🥵🧱👍🏽

@MrJFoster1984

5 жыл бұрын

Bricklaying With Steve and Alex An architect specified them? Here it can only be either civil or structural engineer

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

Helicrete Sydney .😬🧱👍🏽

@Micro-Nova

5 жыл бұрын

Helicrete Sydney agreed, only be specified by an engineer!

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

Findme Atglen All the drawings were checked and passed by the local authority inspectors 🧱👍🏼

Super job lads . Always a bit of a struggle those steels .is she an 80s house insulation looks very thin .

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

bric bybrick . Thanks pal . Not fun this one ! The house is actually mid 90 s , probably one of the last done before the World went insulation crazy 😂🧱👍🏼

Steels can't be 6m but neither here or there it's all heavy graft no matter what size steel it is, I was putting in a few internal steels when it was raining last week, dusty and heavy work but a change is as good as a break. Quality work as per usual lads👍

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

wheaten bread . No , that was a cock up . They a 4365 mm ..... but they felt like 6 m 😬. They were 254 x 146 x 31 . 😩🧱👍🏽

@letsgocamping88

5 жыл бұрын

Bricklaying With Steve and Alex not 30 stone per steel then 135kg and 21 stone. Still good going. I’ll be genie lifting mine in .

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

Benjamin Harvey . A. Genie would have been great but we had to leave the wall in 😬🧱👍🏼

It would have been sensible to have had the steel beams painted with a rust paint, red oxide would be good, good practice boys, well done with the beam work excellent.

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

A voice In the wildernes . A good point pal 🤔, thanks for watching and commenting 🧱👍🏽

As they say up North ..Isn’t Building a flaming Maul .. tough job boys but with your combined experience and skill you got those suckers in without and accidents...I do know however there would have been a twinge in the lower back a couple of days later 💪💪💪💪💪

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

Ronnie Biggs . Thanks Ronnie and yes the back was playing up for about 10 days after 🧱👍🏼

très bon travail good sjob

@SteveAndAlexBuild

3 жыл бұрын

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I don't know how you guys keep going with that wait

@SteveAndAlexBuild

3 жыл бұрын

Mmm I got a twitch in my back getting into the garden 😖😖🧱👍🏽

Alright guys looking good 👌 Hope the weather has been good to you this week. Have a good evening 👍🇬🇧⚒

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

RJM Bricklaying & Outdoors . This week has been a belter in the north west , shorts and sunscreen 🧴 finally ! 🥳. You have a good weekend too pal🧱👍🏼

Waw well done lads 👍 I'm back home after my six week all inclusive NHS break for one 😷😂that was one massive pair you man handled in to that tight slot I'm impressed 💪

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

🤔😂😂 Cheers David , hope your all better now 😷🤒🤕🧱👍🏼

@daiburt1833

5 жыл бұрын

@@SteveAndAlexBuild yes mate thank you I've still got all my bits but was unable to watch you because my phone was confiscated because I kept ordering Chinese 😂😂😂😂

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

David Burt 😬😂😂🧱👍🏽

Do you ever suppport the beams on steel posts at the end of opening?, rather than bearing on the brick?

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Жыл бұрын

Not done one yet and try to avoid large steel jobs 🧱👍🏽

I've seen a video arguing that strong boys should not be used when holding up the weight of the first floor, instead, a needle goal post system should be used that goes through the wall of the first floor room instead. what is your opinion on this?

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 ай бұрын

There are multiple ways to prop an opening 🧱👍🏽

I have a question. Since this is an external wall, we have one layer of bricks, then a cavity, and then from the inside another layer of bricks. I'm wondering why, from the inside, you only used acro props and boards, and didn't support the wall with needles. But on the outside, you used acro props with needles. Why didn't you use needles on the inside

@SteveAndAlexBuild

8 ай бұрын

The floor joists run onto the wall so we support those which in turn support the wall above 🧱👍🏽

You made that look easy but I know it wasn’t far play lads 👌

@SteveAndAlexBuild

3 жыл бұрын

youre not kidding , i did actually hurt my back on this job 🥵🧱👍🏽

Hi guys, do you pack any mortar between the pad stone and the RSJ? Or is it purely just sat on it. Not sure how you get the padstone super tight under the RSJ if you put it in after the beam is in position. Thanks

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

Patrick O'Connor . We try to put the steel directly into the pad stone then pack the pad stone up tight with slate 💪🏼🧱👍🏽

Nice vid! I am installing RSJ's at the weekend but my joists run parallel with the RSJ. Any idea how I can prop the wall inside? Trying not to disturb the existing bathroom upstairs

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 жыл бұрын

We’ve just had the same and we used strong boys on the acrows 💪🏼🧱👍🏽

@paulward7384

2 жыл бұрын

6x2 timbers sent threw wall, at appropriate spacing. Screw straight into the parallel joists with an acro's at each point and a acro's on other side of wall. (Needles) basically instal rsj's you can then cut the outside of the 6x2's lengths off and leave the inside screwed to joists, making an even more sturdier joists 👍

ahh. indeed. hey steve reading the comments below and one guy mentioned the recip saw, honest pal you ought to have one, my son bought me an hilti the other Christmas( you taking this in Alex?) and I use it on most jobs, in fact I do whatever job that needs to be done with it and I cant put it down, its like I become the terminator I get the urge to saw anything and everything in half.

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

harry godwinson . Lol😂😂 love that Harry I’m just plain scared of them 😟, I’m convinced the blade is going to shatter into pieces . 😬👍🏼🧱

Hi Wont the beam rust and force cracks same as lintels ? Awesome vids btw

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

smeggedup . No it should be fine because it’s all internal and protected from the elements 👌🏼. Thanks for watching and commenting 🧱👍🏼

come on guys a young lad [alex] should have them little steels on his shoulders put them in place n just left you to do the hard work ,,,, bolting up n drinking tea lololol brill job guys

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

mick broadbent Cheers Mick , I’ll have a word 😂😂🧱👍🏽

Great work guys. Have you got any more vids about the rest of this project?

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

Leetaap Rayzaanio yes we made about 9 videos from this job . Have look in our playlists under Extensions 🧱👍🏽

You boys are the knees bees. Well done!!!! 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾🏆🏆🏆

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks pal , Vic was a massive help 👌🏼🧱

Could you put steels in like this but sit them on the 100mm internal skin on a pad stone so no nib sticking out walls run through flush… or is that not enough seat

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 жыл бұрын

Its all down to the structural engineer . the council condemned these steels and made us build new pillars to support them 🧱👍🏽

Hey was it my eyes😲😲 or did I see a RECIPROCATING SAW on the worktop 🖒🖒🖒🖒🖒

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

Karl Medina Yes it was pal but it belongs to Vic 😬. He’s a joiner so he is properly tooled up 😂😂🧱👍🏼

Great video, I’m doing an extension and Loft conversion myself, I’ve interpreted it as minimum 150mm of the steal onto pad stone at each end? Didn’t really look like you had the space for any longer

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

Tyrone Thompson . No we didn’t have much space for anything on this job ! As for seating for lintels and steels your right 150 mm is the minimum 👌🏼🧱👍🏽

@tsetsefly4538

4 жыл бұрын

Instead of using steel in the loft have you considered plyweb beams, I used these, I did it all by myself following engineer plans, you still have to use a steel plate to lock them in at each end and a concrete pad but it only takes one person to do? Just a thought...

Wow, are you guys sure the support for those beams are strong enough? Its supporting on the sides and middle?only on brickwork?

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

Standard procedure mate 🧱👍🏽

@Micro-Nova

5 жыл бұрын

Bricklaying With Steve and Alex Let the Building Inspector just check and make sure the beams are not supported by the hollow blocks, which don't have structural strenght

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

Findme Atglen . As of yesterday there are two substantial pillars at each end . Stay tuned for the vid where all will be explained 🧱👍🏼

@Micro-Nova

5 жыл бұрын

Bricklaying With Steve and Alex looking forward to the new video. Glad it's resolved, was worried about it.

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

Findme Atglen 🧱👍🏽

Just watching this reminds me of how I fractured 5 vertebrae doing this work, the specialist said it wasn’t that particular morning that did it, it was the previous 45 years of lifting these and the farmers friends 18x9x6 blocks then the 11” footing blocks came in, when I was serving my time my journeyman brickie said that if I see concrete blocks on the site jack it in, you’re a bricklayer not a blocklayer leave the blocks for the country lads you concentrate on the brick, wish I’d listened to him 😜

@SteveAndAlexBuild

3 жыл бұрын

The construction industry is a very hard industry 🥵🥵🧱👍🏽

I want to do a extension at home and put 2 steels in to take the external from joist height to wallplate,my question is can the steels sit on padstones on 100mm bearing or single leave of blockwork one side on a cavity wall and on 100mm on the other on 9" wall (old house) and take the new extension cavity wall over the kitchen,any advice be appreciated. Cheers ,great job by the way

@SteveAndAlexBuild

3 жыл бұрын

100 mm doesn’t sound enough . You really need a structure engineer to do the calculations and a Plan . There is a follow up video to this one where I had to go back and build new pillars at each end as the council condemned the drawing and calcs that had been done .

@markcordwell2035

3 жыл бұрын

Well l thought it was a minimum of 150 mm thanks for the advice

@SteveAndAlexBuild

3 жыл бұрын

@@markcordwell2035 me too and that’s what we allowed at first but the council engineer didn’t like it . Good luck with your extension 🧱👍🏽

Well, good job and process, but good practice to paint the beams before installation, plus they seem a bit of overkill, and in early part of video you say it’s 6mtr long I would say no more than 4.7 m with a span of 4.4mtr. Why at this span you need 203x133? Plus I didn’t see the spacers fitted for the bolts?

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

Didn't bother with paint as it was internal. I gota bit carried away with the size , your guess was better . We have another video about the steels and extra pillars we built where all is explained . As for spacers our supplier dont supply them any more they send a washer and nut for each side of each steel , way better technique 🧱👍🏽

Stressful day I bet !

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

Amateur Vegan . Very , Glad it’s over now 🥵😬🧱👍🏼

just spray some foam adhesive that should glue everything together

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Жыл бұрын

👌🏼👌🏼🧱👍🏽

Tough day on the shoulders.

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

Derek T And the back 🥵🧱👍🏼

👌🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

cheers peter

Great job guys. Why did you not need bolt sleeves? Is it because Flanges touch

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers pal . Yes it was 🧱👍🏽

@ivegotaporscheandalambo3318

2 жыл бұрын

@@SteveAndAlexBuild nice, I'm in same position, engineer spec said sleeves for bolts, but flanges will touch and do job. Oh also, my steels ain't painted, is that ok to? Cheers

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 жыл бұрын

@@ivegotaporscheandalambo3318 ideally they should be painted . Ours weren’t because the back wall became the internal wall so they will never get wet 🧱👍🏽

@ivegotaporscheandalambo3318

2 жыл бұрын

@@SteveAndAlexBuild good shout, thanks. Still watching yet vlogs. I'm a landscaper doing my own extension, so getting good tips.👍

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 жыл бұрын

@@ivegotaporscheandalambo3318 Nice one pal , good luck with the project 👌🏼👍🏼🧱

Did you need to use slate to pack above the beam before removing the props?

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

Messimagician83 . No I never bother . As long as the beds are packed tight with sand and cement it’s fine . I only pack bricks that have come loose 🧱👍🏽

@Messimagician83

4 жыл бұрын

@@SteveAndAlexBuild thanks for taking the time to reply. Can I ask when packing do you use the same mortar mix of 1-5 or do you use a stronger mix like 3-1 ? And do the same mixes apply when bedding padstones or engineering bricks?

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

Messimagician83 . We always use 4 to 1 for all our work 👌🏼🧱👍🏼

Hi Steve do you always take the wall out first then the steel in .obviously propped first

@SteveAndAlexBuild

3 жыл бұрын

No we left the wall in on this one till the roof went on the extension. We filmed that too 🧱👍🏽

@matthewingham8579

3 жыл бұрын

But it can be cant it

@SteveAndAlexBuild

3 жыл бұрын

@@matthewingham8579 yes pal 🧱👍🏽

Didn’t fancy slotting the steel over the floor joists?

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

Benjamin Harvey mmmm 🤔very true 🧱👍🏽

In 1:10 what tool is being used to rip out that wallpaper and plasterboard(I think it's plasterboard?) and go back to brick?

@SteveAndAlexBuild

3 жыл бұрын

Sir Xenon It is a standard crobar like Harry and Marv use in Home Alone .😉🧱👍🏽

I have the distinct impression that whoever lives there was not going to be cooking at home that night.

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

l wilton Ah they have more sense than that , they ain’t moving in till it’s all done 🧱👍🏼

How do you work out what steel you need. Do you have to have a structural engineer?

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

paul davison . Yes pal you do , not cheap but necessary 😬🧱👍🏼

@joshuanaismith804

4 жыл бұрын

You don’t need to have a structural engineer but you need to know the engineer calculations so unless you’re not willing to learn then I’d recommend an engineer

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

Joshua Naismith . Very true 🧱👍🏼

Nice job. 👍Engineers should have to spend a bit of time on site to understand the chew on it is to get these steels in. It’s ok specifying big steels but all health and safety goes out the window on jobs like that. No room for lifting equipment and they know this as they do site visits. Makes you laugh when the recommended lifting weight is 25kg but they specify nearly 1/3 of a ton knowing the only way to get them in is by manual handling. 🤷‍♂️ I just did one on my gaffers house. Dividing wall between dining room and kitchen and the full back of the house 9 metres. Sat on a centre column and bolted together. Like a giant T. Engineer specified 254’s with 6mm plates welded on just to make them that bit heavier. 🥴

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

LookitsMeNotYou . That is so true . These are 254s , never used them that size , the bloody profile is thicker too . I’m sure 215s would have done . I hurt my back just moving them into the garden when it was just me and Al 🧱👍🏼

@MrJFoster1984

5 жыл бұрын

Great for giving you a hernia 🤪

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

Helicrete Sydney Absolutely ! 🧱👍🏽

Hi, Can a RSJ be installed from the inside of a house? The beam is 5.7m long and weighs around 480kg its a 210 x 210 x 52 UC beam. Appreciate any advice?

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry without seeing the job I can’t give a definite answer , sorry pal 😬🧱🧱

Good work lads, nice to see how you do that. I have some of this type of work to do on a first floor extension. Looking forward to seeing the next video.....

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

Glen Fraser . Thanks Glen , steels are rarely easy ! Good luck with yours 🧱👍🏼

Great work as usual guys, really enjoying the videos! How do you go about getting in touch with you about using you for a job?

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

Bail Train Thanks pal , we are snowed under at the moment so not taking on any more work . We work full time Monday to Friday so all the other jobs are at weekends . Thanks very much for asking though 🧱👍🏼

Good stuff, fellas. How do you reckon I'd go, doing the same, with a 100yr old spanish adobe building?

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Жыл бұрын

😳😳😳🧱👍🏽

@christopherhammond4490

Жыл бұрын

@@SteveAndAlexBuild 🤣That doesn’t sound encouraging!

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Жыл бұрын

@@christopherhammond4490 😆🧱👍🏽

Do the nuts have to be welded too?

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

ANTONIOS . Not that I’m aware of 🧱👍🏼

Always get you steels in place before strong boys as you may not be able to after the props are in the way.... you only male that mistake once!!!

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

Ryan Kirk Exactly! And we have all done it too 😩😂😂🧱👍🏽

Another little thing I noticed, me being me lol, your structural engineer should really have stipulated you have steel sleeves in between your u.s.bs that your bolts go through. To give more rigidity and strength when you nip all the bolts up they push at both insides of the upright of the beam. And mine also without compromise has to have oxidised paint coverings.

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

Karl Medina We don’t do it that way any more . We put a nut either side of each steel to clamp it . On this job there was no need for any , the steels were so wide they were just clamped tight together , so going nowhere 🧱👍🏽

@karlmedina5241

5 жыл бұрын

@@SteveAndAlexBuild oh yeah I know buddy, I wasn't telling you how to suck eggs, or that you were doing it wrong, I meant it in the sense that, even with the size of the steels if I did it that way now, our building inspector would not pass it, without either, paint coat, and or collets/spacers in the voids as I stated. They just would not pass it, I guess the guys at your end are a lot less fussy, or just realise that a lack of a bit of metal or paint isn't going to make the whole building collapse😂😂😂😂. Nice job so far guys anyway. You dodged part of my statement! I saw a frickin reciprocator!! 😆😆😆😆

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

Karl Medina . It’s funny , way back in the days before steel that was wood 😂😂. As for that scary saw it was Vic’s 👌🏼🧱👍🏼

@karlmedina5241

5 жыл бұрын

@@SteveAndAlexBuild yeah I know, "showing your age now kid"😂. And secondly, I thought as much you pussy😂😂😂😂😂😂😂. Just kidding buddy. Get your next vid up soon. Have a good weekend,. If your not working like I have to. Bathroom renovation, got to be done fully Inc, floor to ceiling tiling. IN THREE FEKIN DAYS,eeek!

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

Karl Medina 😂😂. On site today making the most of the dry ground 👌🏼. Good luck with the tiling 😬🧱👍🏽

Should 200mm to 300mm bearing for steels not 150mmm that’s fine for lintels .

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

We were governed by the dam useless vertical damp they we had to put in . Any bigger would have bridged it and been a damp risk . Everything on this job was tight 😬🧱

@markworthington3893

5 жыл бұрын

150mm bearing is more than ample for steels of that length and ub specification how much deflection do you think you will get. 🤔🤔👏👏

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

Mark Worthington . Cheers mark 🧱👍🏽

@gdfggggg

3 жыл бұрын

It would say on the drawings.

Ignorant question: could you stand and brace some 15' tall heavy timbers (like acros kind of) near the wall, resting on the ground far enough away from the wall for the lintel to fit between the wall and the timber, with a horizontal at the top of the timber, and run a block and tackle from each of the horizontals down to the steel you have to lift ?

@SteveAndAlexBuild

3 жыл бұрын

It’s possible but that sounds a bit technical for us and we don’t have any Olof that equipment. Thanks for the suggestion though 🧱👍🏽

Consider Brad Martin for background music. His channel is Green Mountain Metal Detecting

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

Pockets MacCartney . Thanks for the tip 🧱👍🏽

@stevendunn5430

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah steve and alex. You need new background music lads. Great work videos and editing but lacking good background music for final jigsaw piece mate 👍

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

Steven Dunn . Sorry chaps it going to have to stay free stuff for the foreseeable I’m afraid 😬🧱👍🏼

How much weight in each steel?

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Жыл бұрын

Not sure exactly.... a lot 🥵! 🧱👍🏽

Question. Are there 2 padstones on each end?

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

ANTONIOS yes there are and as of today two extra pillars 🧱👍🏼

@ianbarry6615

4 жыл бұрын

Sorry guys, what do you mean two extra pillars?

@modernizacja

4 жыл бұрын

I guess, neighbouring houses keep such beams in place. I guess - columns are installed on both ends to transfer beam to foundations, (so pad stones don't do the heavy lifting anymore). Just my guesses. (Trying to imagine both neighbours doing same job - and result ;)

why was it needed for 2 rsj steve wouldnt 1 have been enough also shouldnt some kind of membrane been put underneath them

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

Lin Cordery no need for a membrane as they are inside now . Also it’s a cavity wall so 1 for outer skin brickwork and one for the inner skin , blockwork 🧱👍🏽

Why no cavity tray?

@SteveAndAlexBuild

3 жыл бұрын

Cavity tray was done in another video 🧱👍🏽

How did u have enough space between the steel and the brick to remove the strong boys without having to then jack the steel up to catch the brick above ? Great vid that I did something similar on my house but as wasn’t living in the property we had the luxury of the wall below all removed gave us a lot of space you boys have played a blinder there every credit

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

mat ivie Cheers Matt . We removed the strong boys and put the acrows back in only just catching the edge of the bricks . I wish we had the wall out , we could have used a genie lift. Thanks for watching and commenting 🧱👍🏼

Over 6 meters long?? think you mean they where 6m then you cut them down to 4.5m

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Жыл бұрын

😆🧱👍🏽

10 points for anyone who can tell me what rsj stands for

@SteveAndAlexBuild

10 ай бұрын

Rolled steel joist 😌🧱👍🏽

Top job lads you need Eddie hall to do that sort of work for you 😂😂have a good one

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

Stewart rs4 . Cheers Stuart , I know an Eddie Hall , he is a big lad . We will have to get him in next time 👌🏼🧱👍🏼💪🏽

You didn't paint it,,??

@SteveAndAlexBuild

3 жыл бұрын

No it didn’t come painted . Once the roof is in it’s all internal anyway so will never get wet 🧱👍🏽

220kgs a piece. That’s 35 stone in old money.

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 жыл бұрын

Benjamin Harvey . Mmm I cocked up in the editing there , they are only 4635 mm long ........ still bloody heavy though ! 😬😂🧱👍🏼 Thanks for watching and commenting