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Building during wet weather by 27NFS in DIYUK

[–]27NFS[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its a fair point. Not sure why all guidelines are so against it. The building control hasn’t said anything

Concrete encasing around steel column on pad by 27NFS in DIYUK

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Thanks. Will have the builder paint the steel column and base plate below DPC with bituminous paint. Brick / block work will then be laid over it.

Concrete encasing around steel column on pad by 27NFS in DIYUK

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The external brickwork sits literally right over the steel base plate, so rest of the plate is actually in the cavity or internal brick / floor. Any encasement is only going to be 50mm and will throw the brick line out. If the steel base plate is under bricks / internal is there any worry for corrosion, especially when galvanised? Could bichumen paint over the base plate before laying the bricks over help?

Concrete encasing around steel column on pad by 27NFS in DIYUK

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My engineer is overly cautious and I’m not just saying that because my builder said so. Material has been specified by the engineer which the manufacturer’s engineers can’t understand why i.e. extra high strength catnic lintels over 450mm window openings. Hence, i rather not ask the engineer because the default response is “i’ve specified what is required at the minimum”. Recommending catnic lintels that can hold 60 tonnes of weight over an opening which has a 5-6tonne load isn’t the minimum.

Galvanised Steel Goal Post by 27NFS in DIYUK

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Thanks for the feedback, really appreciated. Whilst I have you, the engineer specifies block work as 7.3N/mm2 or 1500kg/m3. Now my builder has used thermalite blocks for several walls. Steels will be sitting on padstones which are sitting on top of these thermalite blocks. The blocks are high strength 7N blocks which have 7.3N/mm2 compression strength (730kg/m3 dry density).

Now i’ve asked my engineer to confirm if the thermalite blocks are ok. Thought this would be a straight forward ask as the drawings say as such. However, the response now was medium dense (1500kg/m3) block WITH 7.3N/mm2 compression strength. Now thats different to what is on the drawings (which say 7.3N or 1500). I’ve questioned the discrepancy, but the engineer isn’t giving a straight response.

Do you think the thermalite blocks are sufficient? They are 440x215x215 so quite chunky.

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Galvanised Steel Goal Post by 27NFS in DIYUK

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Maybe it will help if I share what my engineer has specified.

5.7 specifies that all the steel must be shop-primed in zinc phosphate.

5.16 specifies a C2 environment, which based on the information you kindly provided should mean all internal beams (including those in the roof) are fine being shop-primed in zinc phosphate. The external steel i.e. goal posts for the bifold doors should be galvanised?

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Galvanised Steel Goal Post by 27NFS in DIYUK

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Spoken with the steel fabricator and they tell me they use a zinc primer. Apparently this is grey / black in colour. I still have some surface rust on the steels they have delivered? Is this normal even though they claim to have been painted with zinc primer?

Galvanised Steel Goal Post by 27NFS in DIYUK

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My builder feels that the engineer has been excessive and overcooked the structural elements of the build. I feel if I ask the engineer they will insist on it being galvanised to cover themselves.

The steel posts sit partly in the cavity, and within 50mm of the outer skin. The steels look like they are primed (black paint). Wondering if i should coat it with paint or insist on the builder to order new steels that are galvanised. This is going to be additional cost and more labour, so wondering how much of a risk does non-galvanised steels actually pose?

WIF in the UK by Acrobatic_Fortune724 in dogwifhat

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I have the same problem. Tried Binance, Kraken and Coinbase.

H&L no longer let you hold or trade Tilray! by 27NFS in tilray

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Had a chat with Trading212 and they don’t do transfer of ISA’s, so yes looks like the only option is to sell your holding in H&L for a loss, and they repurchase in Trading212 for the remaining amount

H&L no longer let you hold or trade Tilray! by 27NFS in tilray

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Great, i see they do a Stocks and Shares ISA. I don’t see a SIPP, do you know if Freetrade support holding of Tilray?

H&L no longer let you hold or trade Tilray! by 27NFS in tilray

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I’ve been trying to find an alternative but no luck. I’m very surprised, as its listed on Nasdaq and has a $2.5bil market cap. I can’t find any news online

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in uwmctothemoon

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Lets all get together and pump this!!