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before we had our steels put in, building control also made us dig down to investigate the footings to make sure there was enough there to support the point loading either side of the opening. might not be an issue here but may be another thing to get checked out or at least ask about if you're getting it investigated anyway?
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Due to a probably overly-cautious SE/BC, we ended up with four sides of steel to hold everything up (including our neighbours, I imagine). Really didn't enjoy that surprise, but felt much more comfortable in the house knowing it had all been done. We also got a much better opening than we had originally expected.
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Wow, that's impressive in a horrifying kind of way. The weight of the RSJ is making me think you're right, I'll get somebody to come round and quote for doing it all properly before taking it any further.