On Thu, 03 May 2007 17:38:56 +0100 Pl wrote :
Why don't you 'turn the steels round' and span them front to back rather
than side to side, and avoid the party wall work? If they span side to
side, how do you expect to get them in?

On most houses, side to side is the shorter span and you've got masses of
brickwork to dissipate the concentrated loads under the beam ends. If you've
got a bay window at the front its' even harder, also beam ends sticking out
of a roof and leaded over look awful IMO.

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Tony Bryer SDA UK 'Software to build on' http://www.sda.co.uk