Here's a partial plan of my ground floor, with 1st floor joists supporting the floor as shown. (Yes, there are other joists - I've only drawn the relevant ones).
I want to have the diagonal wall taken down, and replaced with one at 90° like so:
Clearly this leaves a joist flapping around with no support for about 1.3m, and I can't help feeling that this is a Bad Thing.
I can think of a couple of ways to resolve this, but I was wondering if simply bolting through the overlapping section would work?
Joists are 165x50mm, or 6½x2" in old money, on approx 330mm centres.
I want to have the diagonal wall taken down, and replaced with one at 90° like so:
Clearly this leaves a joist flapping around with no support for about 1.3m, and I can't help feeling that this is a Bad Thing.
I can think of a couple of ways to resolve this, but I was wondering if simply bolting through the overlapping section would work?
Joists are 165x50mm, or 6½x2" in old money, on approx 330mm centres.