Thanks Woody. As the wall is 2ft thick would you know just how many I would need?, also I'm sure once I read that due to fire regs (i think, but don't quote me) that the rsj would need to be covered by some kind of board?? thanks again Woody.
Just wanted to add that the living room that I want to open into the kitchen is 17ft by 17ft and the kitchen is 17ft by 9ft if that helps, thanks to all.
My problem is thus, I want to create a 5ft opening in an original external stone wall that's 2ft wide. It has a bedroom and bathroom extention (upstairs) with their door openings leading off from this external wall. Downstairs has a kitchen extention with a door leading off from this external...