Hi I’ve been working on a large flat on the ground floor which was repurposed from its original commercial use. The owner has jumped the gun a bit with building regs sign off and whilst the majority is straight forward I’m concerned about the block and beam floor which is self standing up to the exterior wall on one side (but not with the beams into the brick work.) It was put in to level the area and enable a kitchen island etc. Concern is that the block and beam has just been put together sat on two a completely dry laid high density block piers/walls which are laid flat up to 6 blocks high (60cm high). So this meant that there was a slope on the floor which has been rectified with the screed. So, 1) no evidence of checking the subfloor which the blocks were laid on 2) the blocks are laid dry without any pug and the beams sit straight on the block walls 3) I’ve calculated the gradient as 1:225 - so it’s not exactly vast but still the beams are sitting at an angle. 4) the beams are in an enclosed area and the slope is against a supporting wall I’m loath to help her as she wants me to write something for the building inspector. I was going to test the subfloor and do a load calculation for the beams (which are approx 1.035 Kn/m2), but I’ve never seen anything like this and don’t know what to recommend to her. Any advice welcomed as they are a dear old couple and the thought of taking their kitchen down to redo the floor would destroy them - they paid a builder a lot of money for this!! Just need to know if anyone here thinks this is okay?!?
How about the slope on the beams for the block and beam floor? She has some engineered planks already stacked up and waiting!
