supporting wall

Hi everyone. I'm hoping someone could give me a bit of advice. I want to create a small opening (no wider than a door's width) in the cellar's internal brick wall. The reason for this is because currently there is no access to the suspended floor below and I want to access it so that it's so...

We live in a RedRow property built 2010 -Broadway Design- and we are removing the patio doors at the rear of the house. Does anyone have any experience of the homes to advise whether we have an RSJ? I was told by a chap who worked on our roof he was 100% certain a home built in 2010 would have...

Hi all, first time posting. I’m wanting to extend my bathroom into a walk in cupboard that the spare bedroom has. The wall I’ll be taking out is one side of the staircase from ground to first floor. (Either side of the staircase is red brick supporting wall) they support the ceiling joists in...

Hi I'm looking to split one large bedroom into two. It will require a new entrance doorway knocking through on the landing. The wall is a supporting wall. As it is upstairs there is only three or four courses of bricks above where the doorway will be. However when checking in the loft there is...

I am about to start a loft conversion and used my neighbours buildings regs as a basis for mine. I didn't want to use steel to support the floor so got the structural engineer to alter the neighbours design to use additional joists (20cm spacing instead of 40cm). At the time I asked him why he...

Hi everyone, I'm in the process of starting out with an extension to our property that will involve knocking through the rear wall, with the intent on creating a large open kitchen/diner/living area. Architect is on with the plans now, and we'll be getting an SE in to calculate steel...

I am doing a simple loft transformation for storage. I have two beams in a v formation, which I believe is to be load bearing. If i fix collar ties or purlin joints at the rafters, could i remove the load bearing v formation beams.

I have purchased a small terraced house. It is in a linear setout (where each room is behind another, NOT next to each other) i have proposed a plan to install a mezzanine floor above the two bedrooms. for this to happen, i will need to remove the current ceiling. however in doing this i will...

Help! Been in my house for 6 months now, guy that owned it before knocked out a supporting wall down stairs to open it up, stuck an RSJ in to support wall above, BUT he's put one rsj full width of the house, but hes sat it on another RSJ thats sitting on both the chimney stacks! Making both...

Hi all, First time poster here and in some desperate need of advice so a massive help and then hopefully thank you in advance!! Me and my partner purchased a terraced house not too long ago. We met all the neighbours and everything was wonderful. We informed the two adjoining that obviously a...

Unusual situation, would appreciate advise please. When we moved our survey highlighted that a chimney had been removed from the kitchen. It was along the back wall of the main building - the kitchen & upstairs then continue 'outrigger', ie L-shaped house with a rear gable end. Upstairs there...