Is this joist safe?
Hi everyone,
Hope all had a gr8 weekend
Mine was on, cleared the garden and did some cleaning up.
Was a lil upset about this joist, pic enclosed within. It had been drilled into three times, to make way for 2 heating pipes. Causing a full-thickness crack or split
Besides, there were two other joists, where there were deep notches cut through. When I raised this, the builder promised that the joists would be sistered with timber
Today, I noticed that the joists were plaster boarded. So took a few screws down and had a peek. Hey presto, no timber. Is this safe?
Please see the pics enclosed within
Also, the builder spoke about an rsj over the door from the dining room into the sunroom. This is currently supported with poles.
I had previously requested an Rsj over the wall taken down.
I need to talk to the builder when he gets back...
Any advice plz
Mel
ps- builder got back to me saying that in his opinion those cracks were fine but if I was 'adamant' they would sort it out!!
Thanks but those cracks don't look fine to me!!
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last yearlast modified: last yearPre-drilled joists
Post drilling, someone decided to drill not one but two holes, just to be sure??
Don't these joists need to be reinforced?Sonia, Angie, Jonathan..
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After hacking through these two, at least they repaired them in the end
Pics of the hacked joist from the top, through the bathroom floor
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Yes, that’s a concrete lintel. Which the builder says is weak and hence needs an RSJ
It used to have a sliding door beneath, which was removed and now has those supports!
The supports were brought in to support the celing after the wall between the kitchn and dining room was knocked down. Instead was used to support this conrete lintel, until the steel goes in, hopefully this week
On the right, in the sun room are those awful cracks, discovered or created when they took down the decorating wallOverall, seems like my builder has a plan in place, may be me being a lil anxious and ocd
KR
Mel
wall on left knocked down and the door in front too
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last yearlast modified: last yearThanks Jonathan
Yes, as far as I can recollect the builder did mention there would be an rsj installed there, where the concrete lintel currently stands.
Hope that would solve the issue?
Although I am still preplexed on what would be the difference here, between a steel RSJ and a concrete lintel? I thought both are strong and can take a lot of weight
Also, at right angles to the left of the concrete lintel, there will be another RSJ going across the kitchen (where the original wall used to stand)Could two RSJs resting on that small section of the wall create some load issues?
Mel
K OB