House collapse

Debbie J · 15-06-2006, 19:47

Does anybody know anything about the house that collapsed on Willows lane? According to Jimmi5bellies it was sand blasted not long ago and has now collapsed.

Tinkerbelle · 15-06-2006, 19:50

Hmmm, not sure of that Debbie, I will have a look tomorrow and get back to you.

I know they are in the process of taking an end terrace down but I don't think it had collapsed.

accymel · 15-06-2006, 19:50

erm yeh sort of if its the one im thinking of half the house got pulled down last week by contractors, the were actually relaying the ground floor foundations today, it seemed a derelict house or i thought it was

slinky · 15-06-2006, 19:53

OMG is it NADS houses that have fallen down!!!

I know there have been alot of work going on there. Maybe they knocked one too many walls

WillowTheWhisp · 15-06-2006, 19:56

There's been work going on with that house for a while if it's the same one I'm thinking of, just below Bullough Park.

Doug · 15-06-2006, 19:57

Can we have piccy's please......

accymel · 15-06-2006, 20:02

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Originally Posted by slinky

OMG is it NADS houses that have fallen down!!!

I know there have been alot of work going on there. Maybe they knocked one too many walls

Well i thought that at 1st, he has the 2 co-joining houses & rumoured to be knocking them through into one big house for all the family

accymel · 15-06-2006, 20:04

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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

There's been work going on with that house for a while if it's the same one I'm thinking of, just below Bullough Park.

Yeh the half house is just below Bullough park on same side as it.

slinky · 15-06-2006, 20:04

Maybe they knocked the wall down joining the 2 houses, without a Joist ( hope thats what it's called, or i will be yet a thick women in a long line)

and the house went BANG lol

accymel · 15-06-2006, 20:06

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Originally Posted by slinky

Maybe they knocked the wall down joining the 2 houses, without a Joist ( hope thats what it's called, or i will be yet a thick women in a long line)

and the house went BANG lol

Erm you mean without acro propping the joist [tech term]

lol

Go down & have a look for us as nearer to it that rest of us & get Doug a pic lol

slinky · 15-06-2006, 20:08

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Originally Posted by accymel

Erm you mean without acro propping it [tech term]

lol

Go down & have a look for us as nearer to it that rest of us & get Doug a pic lol

yes Joisting it!!! thats what it's called in man terminology!! come on men back me up here

slinky · 15-06-2006, 20:09

[quote=accymel]Erm you mean without acro propping it [tech term]

lol

Yes Joisting it, thats what it is called in men terminoglogy!! come on men back me up here!!

accymel · 15-06-2006, 20:12

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Originally Posted by slinky

yes Joisting it!!! thats what it's called in man terminology!! come on men back me up here

Erm discounting a woman saying it

Acro props are used to prop joists up when taking walls out certainly on main load bearing walls i used to work in a hire shop & hob nob with builders LOL

slinky · 15-06-2006, 20:15

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Originally Posted by accymel

Erm discounting a woman saying it

i used to work in a hire shop & hob nob with builders LOL

Oh LUCKY you!!! the nearest I have been is with a cow boy and his wannabe joiner mate

but hopefully the boring talk from them 2 paid off

Madhatter · 15-06-2006, 20:51

lintel its called a lintel, you have to acroprop the wall at the top of the opening with temporary acro props, basicaly just extending scaffolding poles that extend like a clothes prop. this holds the wall up above the opening that the joists are fixed to. The joists are the thick wooden beams that your floor boards sit on and your ceiling is screwed to. The gap between the two is often used to run cables and pipes.

I've actually heard of electricians using dogs to run under the floor boards to pull cables through.

The lintel is a steel girder that is put in to keep the wall up, its slid in and the props are taken out. Also lintels go above door openings and window openings, on older buildings they're a great big piece of stone ofeten decorative.

Must say that I'm impressed that you girls know as much as you do, do you fancy setting a building company up.