GS Renovation installs steel beams and RSJs throughout Kew, where the TW9 housing stock is largely bay-fronted Victorian and Edwardian terraces with rear closet wings and side returns. With over 30 years removing load-bearing walls near the Gardens, we size, prop and fit steelwork safely, coordinating structural engineers and Richmond Council building control from the first survey.
Load-bearing wall removal in Kew terraces
The typical Kew job opens the ground floor of a Victorian terrace, taking down the wall between the front bay and the middle reception, or removing the spine wall into the rear closet wing. Because these walls carry the floors and often the chimney breast above, we never touch them until a structural engineer has calculated the loads and specified the correct beam section, bearing lengths and padstones for your particular house.
Our sequence is careful and staged. We install temporary propping to support the structure, cut back cleanly, then lift the RSJ into position and bed it onto concrete or engineered padstones at each end. Only once the steel is bearing correctly and the propping is transferred do we make good, so the terrace stays stable throughout and your neighbours in the shared row are undisturbed.
Party wall steel work across Kew
In Kew's terraces the dividing walls and chimney stacks usually sit within a shared party wall, so where a beam bears into that wall or we cut a chimney breast back, the Party Wall Act applies. We flag this early, help you serve the correct notices on adjoining owners in good time, and keep a clear record of the wall's condition so relations along the terrace stay friendly and the works proceed without dispute.
Steel that lands on a party wall needs particular care with padstone bearing and the transfer of load into masonry that is decades old and shared with the house next door. We work to the engineer's details, protect the adjoining property, and book Richmond Council building control to inspect the steelwork before it is cased in, so you hold proper sign-off for the completed structural alteration.
- Structural openings for open-plan living
- Structural engineer calculations and beam sizing
- Building control applications and sign-off
- Temporary propping and safe demolition
- Padstones, steel columns and beam connections
The GS Renovation Difference in Kew
Kew homeowners choose GS Renovation because we treat steel beam work as the structural job it is, not an afterthought. We coordinate the engineer, the temporary propping, the party wall notices along your terrace and building control sign-off as one accountable process, backed by 30+ years of load-bearing removals across TW9 and Richmond upon Thames.
- Free, no-obligation quotations
- Over 30 years of hands-on experience
- Dedicated project management
- Fully insured and guaranteed work
- Building control and planning support
- Clean, tidy and reliable tradespeople