- Location
- Huntingdon
looking at a GP shed going up, stone floor be going in so just wondering what others do if not pouring an internal slab ?
Do steel buildings need concrete on top of holding down bolts ?
- Thread starter Hesstondriver
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RWG Contracts
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- Location
- Samlesbury, Lancashire
Just grout the bolts up
- Location
- Huntingdon
Thank you, that's what i thought , but there is a fair bit of conflicting guff floating about.
as long as it wont blow away im happy
as long as it wont blow away im happy
- Location
- Huntingdon, UK
Thank you, that's what i thought , but there is a fair bit of conflicting guff floating about.
as long as it wont blow away im happy
Our second straw barn hasn’t got anything on top of the bolts, it’s been there 14 years......
- Location
- Huntingdon
I didn’t think it did , but I couldn’t remember what it looks like when we put the stone in it ! Like you have reminded me that was 14 years ago I now feel old !
- Location
- Ardrossan Ayrshire
Sounds exactly the same as those sheds that failed due to the snow 10 or so years ago.. The main cause of many collapses was the base bolts failing due to corrosion and heeling over on the packers, both of which could have been prevented by grouting or concreting round the bases.
- Location
- West Somerset
I set the holding bolts about a foot below ground level then pour concrete on top and vibrate in with a poker.
Forever Fendt
Member
- Location
- Derbyshire
cap of with concrete and make sure it goes under plates and in cones to stop anything moving and protect bolts from corrosion
- Location
- Huntingdon
sorry probably should have clarified, i meant concrete on top like a 6" layer, not proper grouting in , around and over the cones which i would take as part of erection
- Location
- Ardrossan Ayrshire
I would say that as long as the bolts are completely covered it should be fine, but plenty are not.
glasshouse
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- Location
- lothians
Easier to steal with nuts exposed or to remove if a tenant
simon-0116
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- Location
- Sheffield
Or take down to replace when some twit torches it. We undid bolts and placed new shed straight back up. It was only 6 months old though