MASSIVE HEAVY STEEL BEAM PART 1
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.พ. 2025
- IN PART 1 OF OUR BIG HEAVY STEEL BEAM, MINI SERIES ME AND AL INSTALL THE ACROWS AND STRONG BOYS THEN START TO DEMOLISH ONE SKIN OF THE WALL TO BE REMOVED.
THE JOB IS A GARAGE CONVERSION AND KITCHEN REMODEL AND EXTENSION .
THE STEELS ARE 215 X 135 MM AND ARE NEARLY 5 M LONG .
WHEN WE FINALLY GET 1 STEEL IN WE THEN INSTALL THE PADSTONES EACH END .
AS ALWAYS ITS A DIFFICULT ONE WITH ISSUES ALONG THE WAY......ENJOY
#STEELBEAMS #RSJ #GARAGECONVERSION #FATHERANDSON
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You pair are a laugh watching you makes me think if all builders are like you to people should not have you in there homes your cowerboys
Mmmm cowerboys 🤔.
It was scary at times 😆.
Just noticed it’s Gary the troll , you’ve not been on for a while 🥺🤣
@@martin2466 Absolutely spot on , that’s why I pin them to the top now for al to sea ……. Er see 😉😁🧱👍🏼
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Two!
@@gally41 . Read again there are multiple howlers 😆😆🧱👍🏽
@0:10 "its getting it up that's gonna be hard" --- said the actress to the bishop
entertaining and informative- great videos and thank you for posting
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Alex doin good, great to see younger generation learning the trade and keeping things going!
Definitely. Thanks pal 🧱👍🏽
Watched my first video of you hated it don't know why probably cos I was watching my own trade!!!! The more video I watched I realised its because we take on similar jobs and you like me on most of your jobs are making decisions of your own bat everything I've seen you do is excellent you are a really good brickie and your son is a credit too you keep up the great work neil
Thanks for giving us a chance , glad you enjoy the channel 🤜🏽🤛🏽🧱👍🏽
That was brilliant to watch guys. Jenga that bad boy into place. Awesome 👍🏻
Cheers Stu , it went quite well 😁🧱👍🏽
Great job with steel all very exciting looking forward to next episode.👍🍺👍🍺👍🍺
Cheers Richard 👍🏽🧱
Brilliant work as always lads! Keep up the great videos! Look forward to see the one following this !
Thanks pal 🧱👍🏽
Nice to see an rsj being installed properly and safely, this is the sort job you can't rush, I've done lots of these before and what I've learned over the years is never do this work for a joiner with a little mickey mouse business, they expect it finished before you've started it
😬😆. Thanks very much pal 🧱👍🏽
Awesome, high quality job as always lads. Really enjoyed watching it, and the extra details you were kind enough to include for us. Learned a lot about what actually goes into one of these jobs, and what you need to look out for. Thanks for sharing it!! :)
No probs thanks for watching 🧱👍🏽
Massive beam… slow and steady gets the job done safely. Excellent work as always. 👏🏻👏🏻
Exactly pal , cheers 🧱👍🏽
Another cracking job, I remember it well, when I think all those years ago I did this, I still get a buzz watching you lads, stay safe.
Glad you like it , cheers Les 🧱👍🏽
Great job as always guys. Top builders 👍
Thanks pal 🧱👍🏼
You guys are absolutely brilliant. Incredible craftsmanship, very interesting, you do nice work. Just love your videos keep them coming. 👍🛠🏴 from Tom in Lancashire. Peace and god bless.
Thanks very much Tom . Also from Lancashire 🧱👍🏽
Well done Steve and Alex another great job done guys
Cheers pal 🧱👍🏽
Hi great video as always ! what I've found helpful on these types of jobs is clipping a couple of scaffolding tubes to the top section of the acrow through the opening to lift the steel onto one end at a time. Only really works when you have acrows both sides of the wall but give stable support for the steel till you manoeuvre into final position
Thanks for the tip. 👌🏼🧱👍🏽
I must say Steve & Alex this has got to be your hardest job that I’ve seen you two do . Fantastic job by the lads again 💪👍😉
It was a tough old 4 days mentally as well as physically Malc .
Thanks buddy 🧱👍🏽
Great job as always lads! A little brute strength needed on this one, Well done.
Yeah , thanks we got there in the end 🧱👍🏽
I have seen it all trying to lift that steel up on concrete blocks you must be nuts if that steel fell you would of been put in hospital but you had your hard hats on what a pair of prats
Great vid lads. I can remember doing a job like this years ago, the steel was a lot bigger than this. We got it in but wasn't happy about the safety aspect about putting a big load on hop ups. Anyway, bit the bullet and bought a beam lifter. Best thing i bought. there not that expensive either. worth it lads. great video by the way.
Thanks mark 🧱👍🏽
Great job lads. I remember doing jobs like that in the early 80's with my mates. The RSJ was a quid a foot at Palmer's yard in Salford. Bet it's a lot more than that now.
A quid a foot ! 😆 can’t remember the exact price for these two but another company wanted £600 😵💫🖕 🧱👍🏽
Proper bricky these 2 like . Very nice boys .a few daft you tubers could learn a lot from yous 2 . Clean and tidy job as always .
Thanks Paul 😁🧱👍🏽
Great job and always nice to watch and no foul language
Cheers Andy , that was all edited out 😆😆👍🏽🧱
Out of interest, would you usually use a disc cutter instead of drilling pilot holes and chiselling blocks out or am I missing something? Love how you explain everything as you go guys keep up the good work
If it was an outside wall yes but grinders inside ain’t a good idea 😬. Thanks for watching and commenting 🧱🧱👍🏼
@@SteveAndAlexBuild Cheers for explaining mate
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@Wavey Santos I think they used the pilot holes and chisel to reduce the dust that flys with the disc , I used this method when I was working on my kitchen little while back.
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Brilliant work love watching, shame we all can’t time lapse our jobs in real life. Get to the weekends quicker. Keep up the great coverage of your work 👍🏼👍🏼
Thanks pal very true 😆🧱👍🏽
Wow well done guy's, hard work doing steels...I can't lift any more so have to rope in younger guys. Looks great🧱💪👏
Mmm not fun and always a relief when they get signed off 😆🧱👍🏽
Looks like hard graft that fellas, but nicely done... 💪
Thanks pal it certainly was 🥵😁🧱👍🏽
Hi guys great video and we’ll done on that graft lads .. just one question I was led to believe that Rsj goes directly on pad stone no mortar otherwise it defeat the object .. seems like they 2 schools of thought pls explain .. thanks you
I’ve seen at least 4 different ways to do this . It differs from place to place 🙄🧱👍🏽
@@SteveAndAlexBuild cheers for the quick reply 👍👍 wow thanks mate..’lol I take it all the methods clear building regs and just depends on the person . Cheers keep safe lads 👍😁❤️
Exactly 👌🏼🧱👍🏽
Some edge of the seat stuff in this video - but you got the job done - looking forward to the next lift.
The next one was more awkward 😆😆🥵🧱👍🏽
what mix do you do for the padstones .thanks
Just 4 to 1 . 🧱👍🏽
Another great job lads, absolutely superb workmanship as usual.
I've done a couple of these jobs (although not as long as that girder) and I must admit my heart was in my mouth when those blocks on the left hand side were wobbling! It probably looked worse on the timelapse but I couldn't wait to see it safely in its "final resting place" as you put it!🤣🤣🤣
Love the videos lads, Ialways look forward to my Steve and Alex fix, keep 'em coming!😁
Cheers Gary , steels are very rarely easy . You just need to not be scared of them and get stuck in . 😁💪🏼🧱👍🏽
You boys certainly tested the max load for them hop up's!!
We certainly did 😬🧱👍🏽
Lost for words…I thought we had surpassed ancient Egyptian building practices…!! By the way, what is the safe working load of those little trestles…?
🤔🙄 , I’m guessing a lot ? 🧱👍🏽
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@@martin2466 . I’d say we were pushing it a bit there then , but needs must 😬. At least we wore hard hats this time 🙄😆🧱👍🏽
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What does the pad stone actually do as opposed to bricks or normal breeze blocks?
Good question which I’m not entirely sure of the answer . If in doubt google 😉🧱👍🏽
Apparently they have a higher compressive strength according to the structural engineer who advised on my extension.
Nice work men nice use of the hop up 🆙 😁👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks pal a bit hairy but aren’t they all 😆😆🧱👍🏽
Done loads like that years ago no chance nowadays if can't get Genie lift on the job I don't get done, I know it that situation it won't get you to the top because the ceiling height will impede the Genie but it will get you near enough, nice job though well done 👌
Cheers pal , it actually went ok . We made it look harder than it was 😆😆🧱👍🏽
@@SteveAndAlexBuild lol, how do I PM you mate?
@@bricklayersworldwithandy6277 we are on Instagram or our e nail is in the description below our videos 👍🏽
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Good that mate am trying to fit a steal tomorrow, if it’s 2 skin gable end .2 steals bolted together, should I do 1 side at a time or prop both side ?
No two jobs are the same so there isn’t any fixed rules which to do first , good luck with the project 🧱👍🏽
Good teamwork guys! 👷👷 Got a bit nervous when you balanced the steel on the 2 Jenga towers but you look like you've done it before. Looking FWD to the next vid! 💪😉
Same here pal . thanks very much 😁👍🏽🧱🥵
Man that was dangerous! Genie lift would have made it so easy even if you couldn't get it tight to wall. I used to put steels in with my dad just like this though! 😂
😏. Floor levels were 220 mm difference so genie wouldn’t work 🧱👍🏽
@@SteveAndAlexBuild yeah had that a few times, you could have levelled the back up with those blocks sitting there!
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Great job,well done
Cheers Norman 🧱👍🏽
Great job lads big job look forward to NX video 👍
Cheers Dave 🧱👍🏽
Cheers Dave 🧱👍🏽
As always great teamwork on a great job 💪👏🙏
Thanks pal 🧱👍🏽
Nice to see dad & son
Good work but something missing
lifting system completely wrong on small table with block support.
Thanks .. Always put pad stones in 🧱👍🏽
Well done lads made that look easy 👍👍💪
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Well done but it was a very tough job, I wished there was a jack or lifter; something to help you with RSJs
Using the blocks idea was brilliant. It shows you didn't waste your time and learnt a lot of tricks of trade! :)
Thanks pal , there are lifters called genie lifts but the wall has to be gone already and the floors need to be level too 🧱👍🏽
Great Technique for the Steel Beam. Out if Interest do you know what size and length that beam was as will probably give this method a go. Thanks
Thanks Amar . The beam was about 4.8 m long and it was 220 high x 137 wide . 🧱👍🏽
Genie lift boys…save your backs
225 mm difference in floor level heights 🙄🧱👍🏼
Ask for the extendable arms for the genie which takes the arms past the wheels
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@@neilsmart78 Or chock the bottom of the genie lift up so its level, Iv done that before
Waw them hop ups are awesome . I was better positioned than most for steel's . sitting in the van 🤣
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Question, After U chip out the blocks, what tension do U apply to the Strong Boy's ( to take the weight from above, bearing load ?, Thanks in Advance for Reply 👍
Hi George , nothing too scientific we just bang em up tight . If you go too tight the strong boys start to bend 🧱👍🏽💪🏼
Like the idea with SDS drill ( No dust from ConSaw/ mortar on top of steel, instead of packing in after steel offered up 🤯👍, Can't beat Common Sense
@@georgeomalley6066 . Thanks George .
You won’t get a mortar bed more tightly packed than that , a much better quicker and stronger job for sure . 👌🏼💪🏼🧱👍🏽
@@SteveAndAlexBuild I've worked for a lot of 🐄'er💨(💩) Boy's (🤣), watched a Good few of your vid's, "❤️" The Content/Skill, Work Manship, You'll All ways get sMalL mINdeD Hater's, I've done worse, Not All Job's will pay a lift or extra men. 🖖 Enjoy your weekend, 🍺🍺🍺🍺
@@georgeomalley6066 . Cheers George 😁🧱👍🏽
Is there a space you have to have between each support?
We generally go about 900 mm 🧱👍🏼
Thank you…
@@John-rg6kt no probs 🧱👍🏽
Nice work again lads. Would you consider getting even a second hand lift for these jobs as you do a good few?
Tempting but we dont have anywhere to store it 🙄🧱👍🏽
yer doing it text book ! good work , that i beam /rsj will more than suffice to withstand x2 the load , yet unless its a flimsy
tin box with a logo , yer need to provide calculations , the greased world of corruption, 2 ff's in off for the 'council'
Thanks John 🧱👍🏽
Great job as always
Thanks pal 🧱👍🏽😁
Another cracking job there lads. That steel looked seriously heavy. Would a genie lift have fitted in to make it easier at all?
Cheers Rian . Unfortunately the floors were 220 mm difference in height 😬🧱👍🏽
@@SteveAndAlexBuild ah that explains it. I knew there would be a could reason for it. Thanks
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Very danger the way you work !!
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If its not dusty and tberes no steel your not happy are you steve .you excel at these jobs .ive done loads over the years gets the heart pumping boys great job as always 👍🧱🧱
Cheers Justin, no two are ever the same 😉🧱👍🏽
would you use brick instead of a pad stone.
No always padstones 🧱👍🏽
@@SteveAndAlexBuild Am asking because when they put my steel in. they used brick. should I be worried?
@@andykayll1414 . No there are a few ways to do it , 🧱👍🏽
@@SteveAndAlexBuild Ok thanks for letting me know. Great channel.
@@andykayll1414 cheers Andy 🧱👍🏽
Nice work. You folks are bloody lucky your combined weights with materials didn't make the aluminum ladders you are using fail. Break an ankle....
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I was wondering how you two were going to get that RSJ up into place and i didnt see the use of those blocks coming genious! Is it possible to use a block and tackle rope attached to the strong boys to winch it up??
I wouldn’t advise it as 1 tug and the string boys will Pull out . 😬🧱👍🏽
Wow chaps that steel on them blocks was class 😂👏👏. We have had to do that before 👍🏻.
Ps f**k what that Gary Cooper says he hasn’t got a scooby clearly 👍🏻
Thanks pal , he’s a peach 😁🧱👍🏼
Been in the trade for 45 years ,you guys are nuts,
get more bodies to help you .
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Why do strongboys have those handles on top? They're in the way when you need every spare inch on top to get the steel as high as possible.
Very good point , totally agree mate 🙄🧱👍🏽
Few scary looking moments there, one question when I was helping a brickie cut through for my extension and fitting concrete lintels he insisted on packing the top with cement and slate for when it shrunk when it went off. How come you didn't add any slate in? 👍
We put a bed on top of the steel and wound it up tight so no need for slate . The mortar shrinkage is non existent 😁🧱👍🏽
Cheers for the reply no acros for us just brute force in a loft
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sorted as always guys ,,, alex put your phone away plenty time to play later not while your dads trying to lift the steel
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The driver thoughtfully placed the skip so you could get the steels into the house. How many times does stuff get stacked in just the right place for maximum hassle?
Not very often 😆. The skip location was pure chance 😆🧱👍🏽
What are those hop ups gross weight? 165 kilo or something like that and you already have that in concrete blocks lol.
Not knocking you though, sometimes you just have to get over things.
We were winging it on this one . Just get it in any way we can but no , far from ideal 😬🧱👍🏽
Bend your knees when lifting 👍
My knees don’t bend any more 😣🧱👍🏽
Hey guys Egyptian building back in town.
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You made placing that 'steel' look easy-I know it ain't !!
It’s all down to editing Ian 😆👍🏽🧱
Talk about doing things the dangerous way and hardest way
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Did you know.. you can get a little hand cranked lift for that
Yes 👍🏽👍🏽
Wow! you put an awful lot of faith in those little hop ups. That could have been nasty.
Yep 😬🧱👍🏽
Did well lads.
Thanks pal , slow and steady . 🧱👍🏽
trabalho dureza este meus amigos...
Thanks very much 🙏🏽🧱👍🏽
good job，It will be much easier to have a small flatbed next time
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Lucky !
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So, I guess you guys have decided to take all of the easy jobs lately?
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The jenga blocks could have come crashing into your acrow props. This is not the way to lift RSJ's.
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Why not just get a Genie lift in for the day
Wall still in and 220 mm difference in floor levels 🙄🧱👍🏽
@@SteveAndAlexBuild Level the genie lift up with timber,You have to look after your back,Iv done it both ways and it catches up with you in the end
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do yous have an email I would like some advice on something
Yes it’s in the video description at the bottom of every video 🧱👍🏽
Beasty beams
Mmm 1 down 1 to go 😳😵💫🧱👍🏽
Got to say I don’t think those hop ups are rated to carry that type of weight ? Defo a accident waiting to happen I’ve seen hopups collapse with way less than that . Defo not good practice
No but needs must 😬🧱👍🏽
Do Yourself a favour and hire a strong boy next time its a device like a manual fork lift . it will save you a lot of lifting . hand crank up into position just need one of you to steady the beam. was watching those block somebody will end up with a sore one if they come down.
Thanks Robert . It’s called a genie lift pal 🧱👍🏽
Needed your weetabix for that one Steve and made Alex work hard lol
Absolutely! 🥵🧱👍🏽
Love the fact you guys are wearing hard hats whilst overloading step platforms and balancing a heaving steel on blocks 🤣 hire a genie lift next time guys before someone gets hurt. 👍
A genie needs a a flat level surface which if you actually take more we didn’t have .
I bet if we didn’t wear the hard hats you would have been the first on to point it out .🙄
@@SteveAndAlexBuild you can’t get much flatter than the Floor you was working off…. More worried about ya feet than you banging your head.. the small genies reach out further than the feet so no problem using it with different floor heights. Would of been much safer and quicker… 👍
@@MrB3ngy The kitchen floor was 225 mm higher than the garage floor abs Genies only lift straight up
@@SteveAndAlexBuild use the arm extenders, the feet touch the wall and the arms extend another 400mm. I’ve got the small one that lifts 190kg had it years. Much safer. Struggled for years like you. There worth there weight in gold.
@@MrB3ngy . Never seen them but we will be looking into them , cheers 🧱👍🏽
Wow so unprofessional absolutely no concern for health and saftey lifting a steel on blocks which are visibly wobbling, hope your keeping the horses well fed though.
Trigger is doing fine thanks 🐴
Get a genie ffs
Floors different levels and wall still in so a no go with the genie 🧞♀️ . We made it look harder than it actually was 😆👍🏽🧱
HSE
WTF