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The are a few option to get rid of the horizontal tie beam. You might be able to replace it with a small steel flat section at floor level which will not be on your way(it looks like this is possible from the photos). Or you can add some straps to ties the A frames to the floor joists. Or you...

You can defenately have the work done as long as there is enough space. I cant say exactly what new structure you need to add as it depends on many factors (what is above, span etc). I think you have 2 options.. Either open up the existing wall, see what is there and make sure that what you...

You are using things that any normal engineer would only use to justify an existing element that could not be justified otherwise. This is like stating that dead load deflection on steel beams supporting concete floors can be ignored because gravity will make the top of the concrete floor to...

Shytalkz Allowbale deflection for 3.4m span is 9.4mm because brickwork or plasterboard walls should be considered as brittle.

Shytalkz Based on 6m height of 100mm masonry wall and 6m width of supported floor at 1st and 2nd floor lvl a 203X46 UC is the smaller size you can use.

Hi, Usually in cases like this(support 2 floors and long span) a substantial beam is required. There will be a need for padstones on both ends of the beam. If the wall piers that support the new beam are not big enough you might need to have a rectangular steel frame erected so the load can...

Ok sorry I did not make myself clear. A lintel can be designed to take point load. The design would take at least an hour as it need many out of ordinary check which most structural engineers are not familiar with (thin plate theory, cold formed section, etc)costing to the client at least...

Shytalkz Lintel specifications are clear. They can support a uniformly distributed load unless you can calculate the section properties yourself. I am a qualified structural engineer and neither me or any of my collegues ever uses a lintel to support point loads beacause a small beam cost...

Hi there, How much of the roof is supported by the lintel? It is very unlickely that a normal lintel will not work under only roof load as they can easily take a load of about 2tonnes for that span. If there is a timber or steel beam sitting above the lintel then you will need to use a small...

Hello, I am almost certain that the wall supports your staircase. You can only be 100% sure about this if you remove some of the boards so the staircase structure is visible. Assuming that this is the case you can built a small timber frame around your new fridge to replace the wall.

Hello From you discription it looks like the new floor is about 0.6-0.7Kn/m^2 and the roof 1-1,5kN/m^2. You will need to allow a live load of 1.5kN/m^2 in addition to the self-weight to the floor and 0.6kN/m^2 for the roof. The roof load can be reduced depending on the slope and location of...

You need to double or tripple the joists next to the opening and then add smaller joists bewteen them to support the ones you want cutted. Have a look at picture bellow...

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