GS Renovation installs RSJs and steel beams across Bexleyheath, working daily on the 1930s semi-detached and interwar houses that line the DA6 streets near Danson Park. With over 30 years of structural experience, we remove load-bearing walls safely, open up dated interwar layouts and keep every job signed off by building control.
Steel beams for Bexleyheath interwar semis
The typical Bexleyheath project takes a 1930s semi and opens the wall between the two ground-floor reception rooms, or removes the wall into the rear kitchen. These interwar dividing walls almost always carry the floor above and part of the roof load, so a structural engineer sizes the RSJ, we form padstones to spread the bearing, and building control inspect the steel before it is cased in.
Before anything comes down we install temporary propping and demolish in careful stages, protecting the rest of the house. On the generous plots common in DA6, this creates the bright, connected ground floor that suits family life while keeping the solid interwar structure sound above.
Party wall steelwork in shared Bexleyheath walls
Many Bexleyheath semis share a party wall with the house next door, and chimney breasts and dividing walls frequently sit within that shared structure. Where our steelwork bears into or cuts into a party wall, the Party Wall Act applies, so you serve the correct notices on your neighbour before work starts and keep the paperwork straight.
We coordinate the structural engineer's drawings, the Bexley Council building control application and the propping schedule so the beam goes in on a clear, agreed sequence. Getting the party wall matters settled early avoids disputes and keeps your Bexleyheath project moving without last-minute delays or objections.
- Concrete and high-density padstones at every bearing
- Structural engineer's calculations arranged and followed
- Structural openings for open-plan living
- Steel columns, base plates and bolted connections
- Party Wall Act 1996 notices and awards handled
The GS Renovation Difference in Bexleyheath
Bexleyheath homeowners choose GS Renovation because we treat structural work as the specialism it is. One accountable team handles the engineer's calculations, the propping, the padstones, the Party Wall Act notices and building control sign-off, with 30+ years of experience behind every beam we set into a DA6 interwar home.
- Levels and deflection checked before the props come out
- Aftercare and snagging support once the job is finished
- Materials priced at options, so you choose the finish
- Steel sized to the engineer's design, never guessed on site
- A written scope and programme agreed before work starts
- Making good and plastering priced in, not treated as an extra