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I live in a 1900's terraced house and will be installing a set of 4' French doors between my living room and back room (basically a knockthrough)Will I need to get a structural engineer in? Someone told me not to bother, as the house is so old.Its more for post war houses.Is this true? And will...

Thanks for the reply once again Tony,a couple of questions though,remember Im a complete dunce when it comes to a lot of this stuff,but what did you mean by 6" x 3 1/2"? Also,when Ive been looking at 5' RSJ's I get a third number i.e 152 x 89 x 16,what does the 16 refer to? And would that be...

Cheers Tony.Any ideas as to cost? Im not actually doing the work,but I am sourcing the materials as I was quoted a £100 just for the steel! Also would a catnic be ok to use? This was recomended by some.Oh and the loft is used as a bedroom btw.

Im getting my living room/backroom knocked through and having a four foot set of french doors put in.Thing is I keep hearing conflicting advice on what support the gap will need.Like I said,it will be a four foot opening in a load bearing wall.The wall goes through the middle of the house (its a...