Getting a Long RSJ into place

Apip99

Moring all,

Well at last the walls for my extension are up, and ready for the next stage. The RSJ.

Our extension is having a 4.2 meter wide concertina glass door along the back, and hence we need a long RSJ.

Now I know these things are dam heavy, and I'm looking for advice or ideas of how to get this thing up into place. The height it is going into is 2.3 meters .

I have an many men as needed on hand, but I don't think that it would be feasable. Are there any hoists availble for hire.Or does any one have some thoughts.

The extension is to the back of the house, so no way of getting crain, digger or the like around.

Thanks in advance,

Pip

kkelliher

you can get a lifting device from a specialist like hss hire that will do it for you

De_man

as kkeliher said hss and other major hire shops have hoists which will do the trick for you...you didn't say what size of RSJ it is 9X4 ?

if so, i'd lift it into position

i used a 254mm sq RSJ on my build and the "tracks machine" had a job to even put that in place and no hoist will lift that :eek:

muffler

De_man wrote:

i'd lift it into position

And you'd be scratching your arse with the other hand

De_man

exactly:D or i'd be holding a cuppa

9X4 no problem:D

Mellor

De_man wrote:

if so, i'd lift it into position

Lifting it doesn't appear out of the question.
102x254 steel beam will way around 25kg/m. So a 4.2 long beam will weigh 105KG, thats not a huge weight for two or three lads to get into place. That is of course it is that size as suggest by others.

Apip99

Cheers Lads,

Lifting looks to be the best option. It works out lighter than I thought. As you say a few guys on hand and the the promis of a few free pints after should do it.

On another matter. What is the correct way to fix the rsj into place on the padding stones. I'm guessing if it were just resting it aint going to budge, but I' sure that it will need to be heald into place.

davidoco

Mellor wrote:

Lifting it doesn't appear out of the question.
102x254 steel beam will way around 25kg/m. So a 4.2 long beam will weigh 105KG, thats not a huge weight for two or three lads to get into place. That is of course it is that size as suggest by others.

Lately three of us lifted such a rsj in the front door and fed it through a block opening for half it's length. I'd say at times there was only two of us lifting it and it was manageable but I could see an accident happening fairly easy with serious consequences.

For the sake of 50 or 60 euro for the morning for a hoist from most hire shops. It's fine if it family and you kill one of them but maim or kill your neighbour who was just passing walking the dog and it might cost you more than a nice funeral wreath.

Mellor

davidoco wrote:

Lately three of us lifted such a rsj in the front door and fed it through a block opening for half it's length. I'd say at times there was only two of us lifting it and it was manageable but I could see an accident happening fairly easy with serious consequences.

For the sake of 50 or 60 euro for the morning for a hoist from most hire shops. It's fine if it family and you kill one of them but maim or kill your neighbour who was just passing walking the dog and it might cost you more than a nice funeral wreath.

killing someone else is fine, When I was in the states I was doing moving work, alot of it involved pianos. Some of these were 9ft grand pianos!!! worth about 100k roughly, if we let this drop and damaged it, I was getting killed.
And these things weighed far more than a domestic RSJ