Hi everyone,
I have an internal load bearing wall that separates my dining room and my kitchen. The wall is roughly 3 m wide by 2.5m high.
My original plan was to knock down the majority of this wall and go through the process of having a structural engineer for the calculations and the councils building department involved. I have realized that this will cost me £500 without the cost of the steel and the building work.
As another option i am considering only opening a section up of the wall (centrally placed) instead, maybe 180cm wide by 180cm high.
My questions is is if i do this, do i still need to have calculations and inspections done or can i just use a lintel/rsj to support the load?
I guess i need to know if there are any restrictions in regards to how wide and high you can make an opening without having to pay out for calc's and inspections?
Any advice or guidance would be hugely appreciated
I have an internal load bearing wall that separates my dining room and my kitchen. The wall is roughly 3 m wide by 2.5m high.
My original plan was to knock down the majority of this wall and go through the process of having a structural engineer for the calculations and the councils building department involved. I have realized that this will cost me £500 without the cost of the steel and the building work.
As another option i am considering only opening a section up of the wall (centrally placed) instead, maybe 180cm wide by 180cm high.
My questions is is if i do this, do i still need to have calculations and inspections done or can i just use a lintel/rsj to support the load?
I guess i need to know if there are any restrictions in regards to how wide and high you can make an opening without having to pay out for calc's and inspections?
Any advice or guidance would be hugely appreciated