Steel column base plate

[willwillscrisp]

Does anyone know if I can build over the base plate on a steel column which is bolted to foundations? Would it need a lintel or just motor and block work? any help would be great. I do know this needs to be painted with high build bitumen paint as well.
the picture below shows the columns in place, blue lines shows the cavity walls.

 

[pcaouolte]

You can build over it without a lintel. Have you thought about where the cavity insulation is going at that point?

 

[martygturner]

plenty of base plates are filled over for floors, just need to protect the steels / fixings from chemical attack. As for lintel its more a question of clearing the threads in the easiest manner, you could just cast in situ.

 

[willwillscrisp]

Thanks. Its a timber frame after the cavity wall, see picture. hope that makes sense?

 

[martygturner]

so you could just leave the steels in a pocket and build up to them and span over with the timber frame. and a packer.

 

[willwillscrisp]

Ok thanks, I'm not sure I understand how to leave them in a pocket, was going to build over them, once painted with the high build bitumen paint, with the mortar, so I have a continued cavity wall to build up the timber walls, from dbm, and for the floor hangers! if that makes sense?

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Just cut the studs off where they're protruding then build over it with a thicker mortar joint/cut blocks to suit.