Video summary
The video documents a construction project in Southport where workers are installing a large internal steel beam to open up the space between a kitchen, dining room, and family area. The team begins by organizing the site, covering materials, and preparing for the installation of the steel, which is intended to be left at unit height rather than extending all the way to the floor. This structural addition requires careful planning because the existing wall above the beam consists of floating bricks that are prone to falling when disturbed, necessitating a methodical approach to remove sections without causing collapse.
The installation process proves more challenging than anticipated due to several logistical hurdles, including limited access caused by pipes and timber framing that block direct placement of the beam. The workers discover that the steel is slightly too long for the available space and must cut it down after preparing the pad stones. They also encounter issues with the ceiling joists, realizing that one end lacks proper support, which forces them to remove an acro (a temporary prop) to create enough room to maneuver the heavy steel into position. Throughout this phase, the team relies on props and wedges to hold the beam steady while they work around obstacles like door frames and uneven surfaces.
Once the beam is successfully lifted and secured onto the joists, the crew focuses on filling gaps and reinforcing the structure with hardboard and brick patches to ensure everything is solid and sound. Despite the physical exhaustion and the messy conditions left by falling bricks and debris, the team perseveres, crediting their colleague Alex for providing the necessary strength to complete the heavy lifting. The final result is a fully installed beam that effectively connects the rooms, though the job required significantly more time than expected due to the need to work around existing infrastructure rather than clearing an entire wall.
In conclusion, while the actual placement of the steel took only about half an hour once everything was in position, the surrounding preparation and problem-solving consumed the majority of the day. The workers reflect on the difficulties caused by not having a skip nearby for debris and the precarious nature of working with unstable brickwork above the beam. Ultimately, the project is a success, demonstrating the team's ability to adapt to unexpected challenges and finish the job safely, even if it meant leaving some mess behind for future cleanup.
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Love it when the customers are
organized. Look at all covered up.
Here we are.
There's the wall. That was a slo. The
actual steel wasn't.
Happy Friday.
Friday the 3rd of July
and we're in near Southport and it's a
steel day today internal steel which was
delivered the other day. So we popped
down and moved. Um so it's a standard
thing war between a kitchen and a dining
room [clears throat] family room. So
it's getting opened up but not all the
way to the floor. It's going to be left
like unit height. So you got the gap,
but uh they got going have units
obviously where the wall is. So um once
we got organized, we'll take you inside
and show you what's
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here. Yeah,
as well.
There's our kitchen.
Love it when the customers are
organized. Look at all covered up.
So, that's coming out basically and the
steel going across.
>> Well, it's only coming out up to here,
isn't it?
>> Bit bit lower. Probably just above the
units, I reckon.
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah. We'll get crack
again.
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>> Heat. Heat.
I mean, yeah.
Two very different, very specific.
Super
easy.
More
dodgy electrics.
the corner
to talk.
It's dead. It's been cut off and this is
nonetheless. That's not wiring
it by our doors. So, we found our
joists.
One here.
Next one there. Next one there. One
there. Next one there. So, we can only
see one end.
So, I'm pretty sure we've only got these
joist landing on the wall
>> and the others go that way. Can't be
certain, but usually you'll see two next
to each other on the wall
and fix to each other, but we're only
seeing one.
So, we're going to prop this side and
take it from there. See what happens.
Take start at one end and take a bit out
and see how we get on.
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Heat. Heat.
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Hey,
hey, hey.
Heat. Heat.
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we go. Just finished lunch.
No, no wall above.
This
just like floating brick. There's what
that's doing there.
Have to try and get that off
there. pad stone and the steel. So, we
work our way across this way now.
And there's pipes boxed in around there.
So, we're coming out to there. So,
that's where our steel sitting there.
So, I'm going to carry on working my way
along the top. Once that's taken out, we
can drop it.
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>> Hey,
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hey, hey.
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>> Heat. Heat.
Heat. Heat.
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Heat. Heat.
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>> Oh yeah. Could you bring the bricks out
the way? Right. 4 minutes to three.
>> Um just arrive with me. What mate?
>> Timber.
>> What?
What?
>> I think they'll be big evening.
>> The timber. Yeah.
>> Yeah. The the wood is coming off at the
back.
>> So, cuz the steel's wider than 100 mil.
See the wood at the back of the forgot
about that? That wood.
>> Well, I also mean this is actually in
the way.
>> What you mean?
>> We can't just pop the ceiling cuz that's
right in the way, isn't it?
>> No, we have to get over and that right
up that way.
>> Oh, are we going to do that?
So we found out we got no sand. So
hoping to get sand and let's cut the
steel which is 100 mil too long. We cut
the pad stones ready. That tie wire is
going to have to go I think.
Yeah. Yeah. A little bit of prep work
before we put it in. And there's um a
wall up with the ping on top up there.
Like precarious. So we need to get the
steel in. We've took a whole lot here so
we can patch it up from this side and
then patch up along the patch and
right.
So yeah, get on either side cuz
all the stuff's taking out for it to get
put on that side.
I'm knackered. I think it's 20 3
is get the door open, isn't it?
>> Oh, yeah.
>> Yes.
[snorts]
Don't push the water out
the way top.
Where's that? Is that why staining or is
that dead?
>> It's gross. So, it could be dead
anyway.
Thank you.
over there. Yeah,
it's the cut end. Yeah. Be careful.
>> Okay.
Okay.
>> Have you got that for a minute?
>> Yep.
[clears throat and cough]
I'd like to
close
right back. Um,
it's going to have to go on end, isn't
it?
>> That's hard.
>> We have done worse.
>> Yeah.
Right. Um,
there it
is not holding anything. There's nothing
there.
Take that out.
>> If you take that out, you probably get
around.
>> Yeah.
>> Positive before I start moving it.
>> No joist.
>> N
the opposite way, don't they?
>> Yeah.
>> Is the ping not around here though?
>> Ping here.
>> Yeah. Yeah.
>> The last choice is underneath it. Yeah.
Hey,
>> there's not much to put on at the
moment.
>> No, I'll just um
I'll just lift it. If I lift it into
position, I'll just move the acro all
the way up there.
>> Do you think we better lift up to that
one first? Cuz it's actually on the
timber. I'll put it there, isn't it?
>> Yeah. And then I'll I'll lift it up into
position there. Then just see if you can
get an acro under it.
>> Can we the walls in the way? Yeah, I put
it on a bit of an angle so it was
holding it.
>> It got twisted. It was on an angle.
>> I might cut
the door frame up. Cut the door frame up
and wedge it.
Get it onto the joist. Put it from there
to there. So it's w pack it in tight.
So
>> well maybe if we focus on that side we
get that on that side.
>> Mhm. It needs to be in level before it.
>> I just need to hold it while we sort out
the other side.
You got your big
hop up. I'll lift it up. Hop up.
Drunk car.
It's in the right room.
We realized that the um because the
joist finish where the acro is, there's
nothing on that end then. So, we could
take the acro out which gave us room
just to maneuver it. So, probably put
you under the side now.
That's a big step.
So, it's now getting into position.
Heat. Hey, Heat.
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Hey,
hey, hey.
I'm going [music]
to be there.
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>> Heat. Heat.
just gone for
just getting a mix in
[snorts] the um
couldn't get my head around why it was
such a big steal, but Um,
look at it's a dorma. So,
there's a ping up there somewhere with
the brick work above it cuz it was
raining bricks for a short while there.
But, we've knocked the fuel in so we can
patch it up.
So, it's all sound. It's all propped up
ready for the pads end.
And
we put a bit of triangle bit under that
patch up under that. Same there. and a
bit there.
A little bit up there and a little bit
there.
Goes up there just where the floorboards
are. That's just nothing. That one
that's just um beam filling. So, it's
staying there. I've packed up with the
little p bit of hardboard. So,
everything's solid.
Now, it's just a matter of um
pad stones.
finish this little bit of brick off and
pack up whatever's left. So yeah, that's
us.
Let's get it done. I'm not going to try
and clean the uh the motor off the
bricks. It's staying there. We'll we'll
work around that. That could just
collapse anytime. So
>> yeah, there's brew coming. Going to be a
late one, but it can't be helped. It's
just the way it goes sometimes.
>> But we we we we persevered and we
prevailed. Alex's been outstanding. He's
He's got all the strength.
[laughter]
>> Lost without him. So all you haters,
give him a break.
Right.
Make sure we're ready. Any minute we get
cracking
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>> Hey. Hey. Hey.
Hey, hey, hey.
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Hey,
Wait.
10 to 7. Jeez.
So there you go. 10 to 7. We're done.
That was a slog. The actual steel wasn't
the actual the part of the job of
putting the steel up into position was
done in like half an hour from from when
we started moving it around. So yeah,
just the rest of it. And the worst part
is that's not even doing the whole
thing. We didn't take out the whole
wall.
Madness. Obviously not having to skip
probably all added a bit of time on cuz
we were piling stuff up on the side and
bagging stuff up, putting in bags
instead of just wielding it to the skip.
But it's just one of those.
[sighs]
Yeah.
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hefty steel.
See you in the next one.
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