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But the opposite is still accurate, right? So if the joists run parallel to the wall I can safely remove the wall. Even if there is another wall above it? Because the latest posts confused me a little.

If you're on a budget, the grinder will work. But it will be dusty and your back will feel it for some time to come. Stihl saw + dolly seems like the best option. +1 on the water attachment.

Nice job! Thanks for documenting all this.

Low expansion foam.

So if the floorboards run parallel to the wall (and as such perpendicular to the joists), then the wall isn't load bearing? Excellent. When it's non-load bearing you can just DIY remove it without any building regs or such, right? Or am I missing something?

Thanks for explaining. That makes total sense. So if the joists above run parallel to the wall it means it isn't load bearing?

Sorry @big-all, didn't get your comment. Could you clarify your comment, please?

Looking at removing the wall between the dining room and the kitchen (and possibly also moving the wall between kitchen/dining room back (in to the hallway, which is too large). Looking at these old plans, and especially the cross section, my guess is that the wall between kitchen/dining room...

Thanks for documenting this. Hoping to DIY an extension in the near future. IF I work up the confidence to do it.

I've done this a couple of times. For the size you've got, a hammer and a chisel will easily do the job. I've cut it with a proper saw previously and it didn't seem to make a massive difference, it did generate annoyingly massive levels of dust though. The one thing that would help is a...

I've never seen any snow here down South, so not too worried about that. Rain is a different matter!

Just bought a house with a double garage (5.5m * 5.5m), which is attached to the house. I'll be renovating the house, so having a space to work in is high on my to do list. The trouble is that the garage has an internal wall dividing it in two, severely limiting my workspace, as well making it...

Thanks matlob, that's exactly what I wanted to hear. As an FYI, the bungalow is smaller than your garage. :( Excellent. In your description though, you say they span from wall to wall. Would they ever span from an external wall to an internal wall? As in, is it possible that they wouldn't span...

Hi All, I know that it is a long shot to get a conclusive answer to this, but I thought I’d try anyway and see what I could get. I looked at a bungalow yesterday, which has a couple of things going for it. It is in the right location, it looks like it has plenty of potential and most...

Hi Chappers, I am thinking along those lines. Just trying to figure out whether I like that option, as I was hoping to leave the molding in place for this job (replacing it is again an extra cost) and we have stupidly low ceilings already, so the additional 2 cm's would be noticeable I think.

The ceiling is 3 rooms (open plan) and approx 45 square meters.

What are the risks of skimming directly over artex? Because as I see it I can either tell #3: I no longer want to go ahead with this work and cancel Ask him again NOT to scrape anything off (but I want to understand the risks of that first, as there must be a reason why he wants to do this)...

We had three plasterers come over to provide us with quotes to skim our horrible popcorn artex ceilings. #1 and #2 said they would skim straight over the existing artex, which is what I was expecting. The third plasterer said he would first scrape the artex off and then skim the ceilings. For...

The previous owner built an addition on to our house, replacing what used to be double doors by a single door. The single door was also moved to the left of where the double door used to be (but is still under the concrete lintel that is already in place and I would guess has always been there)...

Morning All, I am hoping to kill two birds with one stone: I have a concrete sectional garage that needs to come down. I also have a pebble driveway, which we dislike as the pebbles seem to inevetably end up where we don't want them (in the house, on the road in front of the house,...) The...