I would like to knock the bathroom and WC into one room, it is in the second floor of a 1930 semi. The wall does not goto the ground floor. Does this mean it's not load bearing? The bedroom walls in the middle of the house go through to the ground floor and are load bearing.
2nd floor non load bearing wall?
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Unlikely to bear any load. A quick peek in the loft will tell you that.
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Yes check if the ceiling joists are separated over the wall or any struts or posts from the roof. We have a wall built on the floor boards upstairs that's supporting the ceiling joists and half the roof, so anything is possible in that age of house!
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Doggit
Looks as though you've just answered you'r own questions. Best of luck with the project.
Not being funny so is this ok? I wondered about the door frame running up.
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Doggit
But you've taken the wall out, so you must have felt that everything was stable, so why what's now made you worried.
So the ceiling joists are perpendicular to the wall you've taken out. What is the span of the ceiling joists. Do they go from one side of the house to the other. Are they being supported on another wall somewhere. If everything is fine, and the wall you've taken out wasn't supporting the joists, then you can take out the door frame from the sides of the wall.
Can you take a few pictures from up in the loft.
So the ceiling joists are perpendicular to the wall you've taken out. What is the span of the ceiling joists. Do they go from one side of the house to the other. Are they being supported on another wall somewhere. If everything is fine, and the wall you've taken out wasn't supporting the joists, then you can take out the door frame from the sides of the wall.
Can you take a few pictures from up in the loft.
Hi,
Thanks for the reply, I've not taken the whole wall out just the part above the door frame. The door frame extends up under two of the joists. That's what freaked me out a bit. My friend who does lots of building has looked and said its fine, but I'm new to this! The joists go from back to front of house they are supported on this span by a wall that goes through to the ground floor. The span after this point is probably around 4 meters. I'll take a picture in the loft next time I'm there.
Thanks
Thanks for the reply, I've not taken the whole wall out just the part above the door frame. The door frame extends up under two of the joists. That's what freaked me out a bit. My friend who does lots of building has looked and said its fine, but I'm new to this! The joists go from back to front of house they are supported on this span by a wall that goes through to the ground floor. The span after this point is probably around 4 meters. I'll take a picture in the loft next time I'm there.
Thanks
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