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Steel beam & RSJ installation in Didsbury & South Manchester

Need a steel beam or RSJ installed in Didsbury & South Manchester? We supply and fit steel to your engineer's drawings — or fit steel you've ordered — for knock-throughs, extensions and lofts.

South Manchester's Victorian and Edwardian semis — Didsbury, West Didsbury, Chorlton and Withington — are classic knock-through territory: two reception rooms into one, or the kitchen opened into the return.

We supply and install steel beams (usually called RSJs), columns and goalpost frames to the structural engineer's specification — for internal knock-throughs, rear extensions, bifold and sliding door openings, and loft conversions.

Recent steel beams work

Steel beam end bearing onto a numbered concrete padstone bedded into the brickwork
The detail that matters: beam bearing on its numbered padstone
Bolted end-plate connection between two steel beams, viewed between floor joists
Bolted end-plate connection — how steels join where one beam carries another
Steel beam set up within the floor zone with original joists one side and new extension joists the other
Old floor meets new — the beam up in the floor zone so the ceiling can run flush

What’s included

  • Universal beams (UB), universal columns (UC), channels (PFC) and flitch plates to specification
  • Goalpost and box frames for large rear openings
  • Bolted connections, end plates and cleats
  • Padstones and pad foundations where specified
  • Beams in bolted sections where access is tight (if the design allows)
  • Supply-and-fit for homeowners, fit-only for builders

Didsbury and Chorlton fall under Manchester City Council building control, or a registered building control approver.

Steel beam & RSJ installation in Didsbury & South Manchester: your questions answered

Do you cover Didsbury & South Manchester?

Yes — Didsbury & South Manchester and the surrounding area are part of our regular patch. Didsbury and Chorlton fall under Manchester City Council building control, or a registered building control approver.

Do you supply the steel as well as fitting it?

Yes. We can supply and fit, or fit steel that you or your builder have ordered, provided it matches the engineer's specification.

How do you get a long steel beam into a house?

Usually through a door, window or rear opening. For tight access the engineer can specify a beam made in sections and bolted together in place.

What is a goalpost frame?

Two steel columns and a beam forming a frame. It is used where a wall is removed down to the floor — such as a wide opening into a rear extension — so the load goes straight down to the foundations.

How long does a steel beam installation take?

A single beam in an internal wall is typically installed in a day or two. Goalpost frames and multi-beam jobs take two to four days, plus making good.

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