GS Renovation installs RSJs and steel beams across Coulsdon, from the 1930s semi-detached houses that line CR5 to the interwar suburban homes on their generous plots. With over 30 years of structural experience across Croydon, we remove load-bearing walls safely and open up the compartmented layouts these houses were built with.
Opening up interwar layouts in Coulsdon
The 1930s semis and interwar houses across Coulsdon were planned as a series of separate rooms, with the front reception, the rear reception and the kitchen boxed off from one another. Knocking the two receptions together, or opening the kitchen into the dining room, almost always means removing a load-bearing wall, which is where a properly sized steel beam does the work the old wall was doing.
Every beam we install in CR5 is sized by a structural engineer to the actual loads above it, then set to bear onto concrete or engineering-brick padstones at each end. We prop the structure temporarily, take the wall down in safe staged sections, lift the RSJ into position and pack the bearings so the load transfers cleanly. Nothing is guessed on site.
Party walls and building control in Coulsdon
Many Coulsdon semis share a party wall with the neighbouring house, and the dividing wall or chimney breast you want to alter can sit within that shared structure. Where that is the case, the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 applies, so you serve the correct notices on your neighbour before any cutting begins and keep the paperwork straight from the outset.
Steel beam work is governed by building regulations rather than planning permission, so a building control inspector from Croydon Council or an approved inspector checks the beam, its bearings and the fire protection before the job is signed off. We arrange those inspections, protect the steel to the required fire rating and hand you the completion certificate that confirms the work was done correctly.
- Steel columns, base plates and bolted connections
- Bearing checks into party walls and shared masonry
- Beam boxing, fire protection and plasterboard encasement
- Level, plumb and deflection checks before props are struck
- RSJ and structural steel beam installation
Why Coulsdon Homeowners Choose GS Renovation
Coulsdon homeowners choose GS Renovation because we treat structural work as structural work. The engineer sizes the steel, we prop and demolish in safe stages, and building control signs off before we make good. With 30+ years across Croydon and CR5, plus proper handling of you get a beam installed once and installed right.
- Our own trades on site rather than a chain of subcontractors
- Beams boxed and fire protected to the approved detail
- A dedicated project manager from first survey to handover
- Making good and plastering priced in, not treated as an extra
- Party Wall Act notices served where a beam bears into a shared wall
- Site left safe and secure at the end of every day