We will be removing a number of walls downstairs in our current property.
One of these solid brick walls does not support any floors upstairs, but has a solid brick wall directly above, upstairs.
I was wondering about the difference in materials cost between removing the wall downstairs and fitting a steel lintel (bearing in mind that this particular lintel may likely also need a steel pillar/column for support at one end, or even both ends) and removing both the wall downstairs and the wall upstairs, and building a replacement stud wall upstairs eliminating the need for a steel lintel.
The wall in question is quite long (over 3m).
Forget about labour costs as we will be doing the work ourselves. At a quick glance a steel lintel of suitable strength may be around ~£200 mark? But this is before any steel pillars that may be needed. From a quick bit of research it could very well be cheaper than this to build a new stud wall of equivilent length upstairs.
Any thoughts?
Thanks.
One of these solid brick walls does not support any floors upstairs, but has a solid brick wall directly above, upstairs.
I was wondering about the difference in materials cost between removing the wall downstairs and fitting a steel lintel (bearing in mind that this particular lintel may likely also need a steel pillar/column for support at one end, or even both ends) and removing both the wall downstairs and the wall upstairs, and building a replacement stud wall upstairs eliminating the need for a steel lintel.
The wall in question is quite long (over 3m).
Forget about labour costs as we will be doing the work ourselves. At a quick glance a steel lintel of suitable strength may be around ~£200 mark? But this is before any steel pillars that may be needed. From a quick bit of research it could very well be cheaper than this to build a new stud wall of equivilent length upstairs.
Any thoughts?
Thanks.