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The Natural Philosopher

wrote:
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).

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

thanks in advance for your help.

Mm. when manhgndling large oak beams to a similar level. we hauled them
with a tractor digger, and hailed em up by hand..

Its not beyond a high loader either.

Or you can use jacks and props in succession to inch the thing up. Do
build some sort of timber of scaffolding type structure to contain if it
falls.

I think I'd probably get the scaffolders in and build two sections
either side, put beams across and then use pulleys to do the finml lift.

Rolling it on scaffold poles to get it into place.

Or just get a crane on a truck and have done with it ;-)

Lee.