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Ashrow, I had the same scenario. The architect specified an RSJ, but correctly farmed it out to a structural engineer to give the exact spec.
The builder (and i use that term loosely) was in the process of installing the RSJ when the architect turned up, measured it and rejected it. The builder simply shrugged, said he had it in store and it would do the job. BC arrived and the lad said he had no experience so had to go with the structural engineers spec.
The new one arrived 3 days later, and it was massively bigger...all the builder said was it had cost him £80.
Had the architect not been on hand, half an hour later the RSJ would have been in place, covered over, and no-one would have known any better....until the Grand Piano fell through the floor into the garage below!
The builder (and i use that term loosely) was in the process of installing the RSJ when the architect turned up, measured it and rejected it. The builder simply shrugged, said he had it in store and it would do the job. BC arrived and the lad said he had no experience so had to go with the structural engineers spec.
The new one arrived 3 days later, and it was massively bigger...all the builder said was it had cost him £80.
Had the architect not been on hand, half an hour later the RSJ would have been in place, covered over, and no-one would have known any better....until the Grand Piano fell through the floor into the garage below!