Just wondered if anyone had seen this before and had any advice.
I'm in a 1950s house and at some point it looks like the wall between the dining room and lounge was knocked through - no idea when (I'm assuming it wasn't built like this). It's since been boarded back up with plasterboard on both sides.
I took away part of the plasterboard as we were thinking of opening it up but didn't find an rsj in there. I had a structural engineer over for something else and showed him and his advice was to get it propped and investigate properly as he also expected to see a steel beam.
The wall is 3.2m wide and looks like a big mass of concrete resting on the brick at the end. Could it be a concrete lintel? Or is there a chance of an RSJ in there packed with concete? Joists above run parallel but there's also a brick wall above. Any advice welcome...
I'm in a 1950s house and at some point it looks like the wall between the dining room and lounge was knocked through - no idea when (I'm assuming it wasn't built like this). It's since been boarded back up with plasterboard on both sides.
I took away part of the plasterboard as we were thinking of opening it up but didn't find an rsj in there. I had a structural engineer over for something else and showed him and his advice was to get it propped and investigate properly as he also expected to see a steel beam.
The wall is 3.2m wide and looks like a big mass of concrete resting on the brick at the end. Could it be a concrete lintel? Or is there a chance of an RSJ in there packed with concete? Joists above run parallel but there's also a brick wall above. Any advice welcome...