Opinion re knocking down larder?

[von555]

I have my fridge inside a small larder in the kitchen. Unfortunately it ruptured a copper pipe today, causing some mayhem. I think the best thing would be to knock down the larder, reroute the pipes and put the fridge into the new alcove.

I have no idea how to go about doing any of this. Any ideas?

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• von555
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[Jase750]

Check what is above your larder upstairs, could be a load bearing larder wall which would make it much more expensive to remove.

 

[HERTS P&D]

This could be holding the stairs up?

Fix the pipe and put the fridge back-job done.

Andy

 

[von555]

Fix the pipe and put the fridge back-job done.

Yeah. That's what I've done.

Above it is a cupboard not the stairs though. The picture is taken from the cupboard holding up the stairs!

Probably not worth the hassle I guess... Thanks for the opinions.

 

[TheVictorian]

If you want to remove the larder then remove it.

Personally, if it was just because of the pipe then I wouldn't bother, especially if the pipe and the fridge will still be there afterwards!

You could pop some thin pipe insulation on the pipe to make it a little more resiliant to knocks.

 

[von555]

Yeah. I've nailed some wood in there to protect the pipes. Getting rid of the larder would be nice, but with the fridge back in there I guess it isn't high on the agenda.

 

[Markbon]

Checking upstairs as mentioned is good advice. Also if it isnt load bearing theres a good chance they plaster boarded or lathed the ceiling in the kitchen and plastered or artexed it then built the wall up afterward. If you could skutch away a bit at the top on the inside of the cupboard you may be able to see.
But getting the floorbards up above is a lot better. Personally I doubt its load bearing but its easy for me to say