GS Renovation installs RSJ steel beams in Cheshunt houses and flats, in EN7 and EN8. A structural engineer is appointed to size every beam and its bearings before any masonry is cut, and we build to those calculations. We are fully insured, and we coordinate the building control application and the inspections that follow.
Which Cheshunt houses need a steel beam
A beam goes in where a load-bearing wall is opened up, and the age of the house shapes what that wall is carrying. In the six middle layer super output areas covering Cheshunt, 25.5 per cent of council tax properties were built between 1955 and 1964, the single largest build period band. That is the VOA council tax stock table at 31 March 2025.
The Cheshunt South area is the interwar exception. There, 28.2 per cent of council tax properties predate 1940 and 16.6 per cent date from 1930 to 1939, the highest interwar share of the six Cheshunt areas. Two age bands mean two different structures above the same opening, so the engineer inspects and measures before a beam size is fixed.
Bearings on a shared party wall
A beam end that lands on a wall shared with the house next door brings the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 into the job. At the 2021 census, 65.8 per cent of households in the six Cheshunt middle layer super output areas lived in a terraced or semi-detached house, which means a shared party wall. Where the engineer's design puts a bearing into that wall, notice is served on the adjoining owner before work starts.
The bearing itself is a padstone, sized to spread a point load into masonry that was not built to take it in one place. We prop the floor above first, take the wall out in stages, seat the beam, then release the props. Nothing is boxed in until the bearings have been inspected.
Who signs off steelwork in Cheshunt
Hertfordshire Building Control signs it off, not staff inside the council. Building control for the Borough of Broxbourne is provided by Hertfordshire Building Control Limited, which is jointly owned by Broxbourne Borough Council and seven other Hertfordshire local authorities. That is the body that inspects the beam, its bearings and the fire protection, and it issues the completion certificate a buyer's solicitor will ask for.
As a guide, an RSJ beam alone for one straightforward opening runs £1,500 to £4,000. Those are indicative London ranges, MyBuilder and Checkatrade, 2026. Your Cheshunt figure depends on the span, the bearings and the making good, so we price after seeing the wall. Quotations are free and carry no obligation.
- RSJ and structural steel beam installation
- Structural openings for open-plan living
- Ceiling and floor levels resolved where the beam sits below joists
- Party Wall Act 1996 notices and awards handled
- Bearing checks into party walls and shared masonry
Why Choose GS Renovation in Cheshunt
You deal with one contractor from the engineer's first visit to the completion certificate. We appoint the structural engineer, build to the issued calculations, serve and coordinate the Hertfordshire Building Control inspections that cover the Borough of Broxbourne. GS Renovation Ltd is fully insured and registered in England, company number 14611254, and rated 4.9 from 31 reviews on MyBuilder.
- Clean, tidy and reliable tradespeople
- Making good and plastering priced in, not treated as an extra
- Party Wall Act notices served where a beam bears into a shared wall
- Neighbours given notice before the noisy stages
- High-density concrete padstones bedded at every bearing
- Aftercare and snagging support once the job is finished