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Hi,

We are having work done on our house and it involves a big and heavy
steel beam to support most of the back of the house. It is probably
about 1000kg and 7m long (300mm x 300mm).

The builder and I are trying to figure out the best/ easiest/ most
cost effective way of getting the beam from the lorry at the front of
the house to the back of the house then up onto the steel columns that
will be supporting it. The beam will be at first floor level (i.e.
approx 2.5m from the ground).

I'd be a bit worried about employing a builder who hadn't come across this
problem before.

Any thoughts on how to resolve this would be gratefully appreciated.

Lots of man power to carry it to where it's needed. A crane to lift it
into place. If you can't use a crane a couple of block and tackles. If it
is very unwieldy get it spliced.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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