Steel Beam Above Bifold Doors

Bi fold doors are a different story.

Steel beam above bifold doors. Above the rsj steel beam we dry pack the small gaps up to the first floor support with a semi dry strong 2 1 cement mixture this is compacted into the gaps between the beam and the first floors. To this end we recommend a heavy duty or even a rolled steel lintel above a bi fold door to ensure that there is absolutely no. I beam sliding doors is a company founded on building heavy duty light weight sliding doors for the building industry. We pride ourselves in supplying doors to fit your needs and are determined to stay in the lead of technology for sliding door systems.

Structural props remain in place to support the steel beam. Spec of 203 x 203 x 46 universal beam ub. Builder done good job cutting them to maintain brick line. Just advice needed as how to insulate steel beam above the bifold door to prevent condensation.

This support beam was chosen as the wall above the ground floor was a single skin constructed of solid break and the span of the beam was 4m. All beams are massive 256x256x73. Installation of a 1no steel beams installed. Because of how a bi fold door opens and shuts even the slightest deflection in the lintel above can render the door unusable because it simply won t slide open or shut.

In these cases they were packed with oak timbers struts to spread the floor loads correctly across the rsj steel beams.