THE HARDEST HUGE STEELS TO INSTALL BUT WE HAD A SECRET WEAPON

[@fredsmith6725]

James and Megan. The kind of clients you DO want around 👍. Great video everyone.👌

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Absolutely 🙌🏽👍🏽🧱

[@MichaelPitman-n6o]

That was a great video. I enjoyed watching that. Thanks for all your videos this year. Happy New Year to you both.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Cheers Michael and same to you 🙌🏽🧱👍🏽

[@tonydalton6756]

The whole stream was top notch from start to finish lads Well Done again. I loved the music too.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Thanks Tony much appreciated pal 🙌🏽🧱👍🏽

[@SheardTV1]

Steve, you’re a good bricky! That last 2 rows you inserted onto the steel looked fab!

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Thanks very much pal 🧱🙌🏽👍🏽

[@srlstephen8465]

Excellent video, very interesting. Impressed by the way you installed that RSJ and got it to support all the joists as well. Thanks for posting.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Thanks pal we had a great team 🙌🏽🙌🏽🧱👍🏽

[@peterdnreynolds777]

Brilliant work by all involved. Happy new year to all of you

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Cheers Peter , same to you too 🙌🏽🧱👍🏽

[@NeilSmart-dh7kq]

Great work lads. I find it easier to bolt timber into the steel web then put the joist on hangers on to the wood, save notching all the joist

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

We weren’t involved with the joists 🧱👍🏽

[@jimmy4952005]

well done all tidy job done that👍👍👍👍👍💪💪💪💪💪💪💪

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Cheers Jimmy 🙌🏽🧱👍🏽

[@michaelbell1882]

Brilliant Team Work..

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Cheers Michael 🙌🏽🧱👍🏽

[@DannyHarris-vc4ct]

Happy New Year Steve and Alex and Family yes that was a huge steel indeed but you sorted it!

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Cheers Danny and same to you too 🧱🙌🏽👍🏽

[@78jog89]

Nice to have the right tool this time. Wonderful video. Thanks.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Absolutely, Cheers pal 🧱👍🏽

[@trebornesregrot]

I love to see home owners getting involved! I have said before and will say again, nothing more impressive than a woman with her own tools and calluses to prove she know how to use them!

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

🧱🧱👍🏽

[@KevinMather-h5n]

Team work brilliant good work as usual have the best new year lads

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Cheers Kevin, sand to you too pal 🥳🧱👍🏽

[@eddieMurphy11111]

What a fantastic job equaled by no other, Thank you very much for the video and have a happy new year

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Cheers Eddie and same to you too 🙌🏽🧱👍🏽

[@MrUTuber001]

Thank you for all the uploads. Have a wonderful 2025.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Thanks pal same to you too 🙌🏽🧱👍🏽

[@snowysimon]

Great video, nice job getting those steels in place. Happy New Year to you all

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Thanks and same to you too 🧱👍🏽

[@markdauncey927]

Well done guys. Hard work fiddling the first steel into the chimney and hearth. Next time, you might find it easier if you trim the top of the joists a few mm more so they dont bind on the steel and allow you to wind them up a touch if needed during installation. The house is going to be so different when you’ve finished. Looking forward to further updates. Definitely needed your client 'labourers' today!

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Cheers Mark 🧱👍🏽

[@MrGvdmast]

On my birthday i also enjoy watching you at the end of a great day. Again great to see you professionals at work. Keep up the great work, also in 2025. Hope Steve wil get his hip done in 2025 so the discomfort and the pain will be gone. Wish you and your loveones a healty and great 2025 from the Netherlands 🙏👍👊

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Thanks very much Gert and same to you and your family . Happy birthday too 🥳🙌🏽🙌🏽🧱

[@sgtmark8844]

Boy that telehandler was definitely a back saver. Great job S&A Bricklaying 😊

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Cheers Mark it saved the day Indeed 🙌🏽🧱👍🏽

[@darrylwagar4144]

Great work guys, thanks for sharing

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Cheers Darryl 🧱👍🏽

[@SteveBernard42]

Great vid fellas! Proper attention to detail, wouldn’t expect anything less from you two lads.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Cheers Steve 🧱🙌🏽👍🏽

[@jsimmo52]

Well done all - the first one was a struggle, but the second one was easy! Praying that your op goes well and you have a VERY Happy New Year!

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Thanks pal and same to you too 🙌🏽🧱👍🏽

[@soundslight7754]

Well done gentlemen. It was a tough and very dangerous job today. I was nervous in my chair the whole time watching it on my laptop. I thought the side of the house could crumble down any moment!! Super cool clients 👍

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Cheers All good with the prop pals 🧱👍🏽🙌🏽

[@robertmorris5214]

Fantastic video Steve and Alex

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Cheers Robert 🙌🏽🧱👍🏽

[@Excel510]

Brilliant team work, congrats to all.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Thanks Yes a good team 🤗🙌🏽🧱👍🏽

[@StuartEvans-q3p]

Great channel, happy new year to all.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Cheers Stuart M, Same to you too 🙌🏽👍🏽🧱

[@wynburgess6295]

Top job, most builders would not consider profiling the joists to sit in the web, placing it below so visible and would need boxing in. If the bearings were in place, you have the option of pre-deflecting the beam before bricking up above using cold chisels and/or a scissors jack to bend it by the amount of dead load deflection stated in the calculations. This minimises the minor cracking to the brickwork after the props are removed. Not so important here as the house is to be plastered but important in blocks of flats to try and reduce the amount of cracking in the flat above.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

🙌🏽🧱👍🏽

[@peterjones9784]

Great video,bet you had some me fun alignlng thos bolt holes.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Cheers, they went in first time which was amazing 🙌🏽👍🏽🧱

[@kevincorbin6273]

Well done!

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Cheers 🙌🏽🧱👍🏽

[@KingstonHomeMaintenance]

Looking forward to this guys, I will update the comment after video, see you at 2002hrs. Well I have to saybthat was a brilliant watch and excellent job well done 👏 😊

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Cheers Mike and happy new year 🙌🏽🙌🏽🧱

[@davidconnolly7346]

Tricky job, nice work!

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Cheers 🧱👍🏽

[@philglover2973]

Awesome video thanks for your time and consideration top job top team 🇬🇧

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Cheers Phil Happy new year 🥳 🧱👍🏽🙌🏽

[@philglover2973]

@@SteveAndAlexBuild happy New year to both of you and your family 💓🥳😉👍

[@Sprintcup1]

Another great job lads, must be nice to have clients who help and know what they are doing . Regards Russ...👍

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Absolutely Russ it’s a massive help for me and Al 🧱👍🏽🙌🏽

[@dubsy4835]

Brilliant Steve & Alex... I think it was the lick of the finger on the bubble that did it for me though, it never fails.!😂 Have a great new year and good luck on the 8th Steve.. I hope it all goes well mate. 🦿👍👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

👅👍🏽🫧😉. Cheers pal and same to you too 🧱👍🏽

[@Czechbound]

Happy the New Year and wishing you continued sucess in 2025 ! That was great. It must be a stressful day for everyone putting in a steel beam. My neighbours did one on their side of our semi-D. Then 6 months later a large crack developed from the corner of the end of the beam up along the render on my side. Aaaaand they didn't want to know about it ....

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Jeez that sounds bad ! I hope it get ms sorted 😬🧱

[@Mmmmetro]

They always say ‘A woman who has an instinct, is to be respected’ In this case, a massive boost on site.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

🧱👍🏽

[@mattsmith2498]

Great way to put the Steel in

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Bloody easy way 😆🧱👍🏽

[@LifewRebecca]

I think the lady was a great help to the lads but well done

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

We all made a great team 🙌🏽🧱👍🏽

[@billsbasementworkshop1902]

Hi, Al the best for 2025. Looking forward to more video's. The clients, especialy his Missus arn't afraid of hard graf are they. Wish I could get clients like that.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Yep Gear customers All the best to you too 🙌🏽🧱👍🏽🥳

[@robwhitfield6936]

Well done to you all for getting the steels into place. What an excellent lovely couple Megan and James are getting stuck in to helping yourself and Alex. The telly handler was a massive help too. Can't waite to see it finished, it's going to look stunning. 👍🏼 All the best for the New Year, 🎇🎆🎇 🎉🎉to Steve, Alex and to all your family.🎉🎉 good luck for 2025🎉🎉

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Thanks very much Rob and happy new year to you too 🥳🙌🏽🧱👍🏽

[@johnmeldrum891]

Great job Alex, I’m wondering if you ever use brick wedges on the last course of pinning?

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Thanks John . No never used brick wedges 🧱🙌🏽👍🏽

[@johnmeldrum891]

@ keep them in mind Alex, can be really handy, and save a lot of keying in, nowadays they are easy to cut with a saw.

[@bobx2387]

From where I am sitting that looks to be Proper job. Happy New Year guys.. from the West Country. Bob (Weston super Mare).

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Cheers Bob , same here 😉🙌🏽🧱

[@aaronfurman8208]

Second Question, @32:15, does mortar bond to steel?

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

It does, just 🧱👍🏽

[@davidconnolly7346]

Steve do you have a problem with a mortar bed directly on the steel beam, it will crack? With a lintel no bed so not an issue. Is that steel beam exposed forever, it looks like it. Shouldn’t that steel beam have a cavity flashing and weep holes?

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

No no and no 🧱👍🏽

[@davidconnolly7346]

Ok

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

👍🏽

[@gavyndavis1694]

HI Steve and Alex good video and hard graft them steels ,what will happen to finish the steel web on the out side of the building or is the steel been left exposed ...

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

2 story extension going there 👍🏽🧱

[@johnsutherland6322]

Tough one lads but still great job

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Cheers John . Telehandler made all the difference 🙌🏽🧱👍🏽

[@nedved59]

Hello why was there no damp tray installed ?

[@Sean006]

There must be an extension going on the side of the house, hence the exposed steel. The cavity tray would have to go above the roofline or else the cavity tray would vent inside the extension. Guessing somewhat.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Two story extension 🧱👍🏽

[@stevenewhook6967]

Ah! Well Done Boys.......

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Cheers 🙌🏽👍🏽🧱

[@coevicman3685]

Great job!!!!! But the section on how you got the RSJ up between the props was edited out??

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

It was in the previous episode 🧱👍🏽

[@sig3217]

Thats some steel Would of been better packing that joint between existing and new brickwork with some slate

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

We do when it’s needed

[@sig3217]

@SteveAndAlexBuild can't imagine why it wasn't needed here

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Nothing was loose

[@BrodaPaul]

You forgot to show the bit where you had a spin in the forklift around the garden before you left!

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

🧱👍🏽

[@Operations700]

Happy New Year! With the original English language, your work is perfect! But now an AI speaks by default. Unfortunately, the boy sounds like a drunk Nick Bundy trying to speak Finnish. Even though it is set to German :) I prefer to listen to this in English. I do not need an AI translation.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Oh no ! Thats not good hopefully just Teething problems 🤞🏼. Happy new year to you too 🥳🧱👍🏽

[@scoyle1750]

Teleporter took a lot of ball ache out of lifting them steels

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Absolutely 🙌🏽🧱👍🏽

[@aaronfurman8208]

Man, I wanted to see how you got that beam up and behind those jackstands?! LOL

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Previous episode 🤙🏾🤙🏾

[@aaronfurman8208]

@@SteveAndAlexBuild perfect! Thanks. Love the video.

[@Questionablethings]

Great work boys ......but cant help thinking that is the woman knows so much about building works why didn't she do the work and save some money.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

James and Megan have done a massive amount of work including replacing every cavity tie and re pointing the whole ( large ) house all while having full time jobs . Starting and ending every day with their head torches 🔦 on . I wish I had their work ethic and stamina 🙌🏽🙌🏽🧱👍🏽

[@riptiz]

I was lucky enough to work at a engineering construction company before I retired. We had an extension put up at the end of the first lockdowns. We were still working through it so I fabricated all the steels in my spare time. Over *2 tonne of steel cost me about £1,500 , 1.7 tonne fully galvanised. I had all the design, certificates and our company has CE classification. I reckon it would have been nearer £5,000 if I had to pay someone to fabricate and transport it.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Nice one 👌🏼🧱👍🏽

[@garywheeley5108]

9x4 rsj 19lb a foot ...

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Also known as f ing heavy 🥵

[@brianhume4743]

Balls of STEEL fitting that, just sayin from North of Newcastle 🧱🧱👍🍺🍺

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

👍🏽🧱

[@brickrightbuildinglandscaping]

Never easy doing steels lads .you did a really good job with that . Fork lift made it so much easier. Great clients by the way 👏 👍 🧱🧱

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Absolutely Justin very organised and very helpful too 🙌🏽🙌🏽🧱👍🏽

[@brickrightbuildinglandscaping]

@SteveAndAlexBuild 👍🙌🧱🧱

[@brickrightbuildinglandscaping]

@SteveAndAlexBuild Good luck with the op steve hope all goes well for you mate it's way overdue 👍

[@TheKruizr]

Nice work, a tough job indeed.. 🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱😊👍

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Thanks very much 🙌🏽🧱👍🏽