Hi Guys,
I'm in the process of getting a few quotes in to knock through the wall between our kitchen and dining room, the first builder came round took a few measurements asked a few questions and went away, the 2nd (Who was recommended) did the same but said I'd need to get an engineer to draw up all the loads involved. Needless to say I'm leaning towards the 2nd builder already!
The wall in question is very much so a load bearing wall, the ground floor was extended outwards at the back so the upstairs outer wall is also resting on the wall in question, I'm assuming there is an RSJ or large timber beam supporting the upstairs outer wall as well (I don't want to rip down my ceiling to find out just yet) but given it'll run the whole length of the house it's probably safe to assume this is also dependent on the wall we want to take out.
I'm very much aware you guys can't really advise on the job itself without drawings etc. I'm just looking for some pointers in what I need to look out for with the builder, I don't want to get someone in for them to rip down the wall and a big crack appear upstairs or something worse.
I'm fairly technical minded but don't have any experience with building work, the wall is 3 meters so it isn't a vast gap to cover and my gut feeling is that the tricky/most expensive bit of the job is getting the rsj in without the house falling down
I'm in the process of getting a few quotes in to knock through the wall between our kitchen and dining room, the first builder came round took a few measurements asked a few questions and went away, the 2nd (Who was recommended) did the same but said I'd need to get an engineer to draw up all the loads involved. Needless to say I'm leaning towards the 2nd builder already!
The wall in question is very much so a load bearing wall, the ground floor was extended outwards at the back so the upstairs outer wall is also resting on the wall in question, I'm assuming there is an RSJ or large timber beam supporting the upstairs outer wall as well (I don't want to rip down my ceiling to find out just yet) but given it'll run the whole length of the house it's probably safe to assume this is also dependent on the wall we want to take out.
I'm very much aware you guys can't really advise on the job itself without drawings etc. I'm just looking for some pointers in what I need to look out for with the builder, I don't want to get someone in for them to rip down the wall and a big crack appear upstairs or something worse.
I'm fairly technical minded but don't have any experience with building work, the wall is 3 meters so it isn't a vast gap to cover and my gut feeling is that the tricky/most expensive bit of the job is getting the rsj in without the house falling down