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Hi everyone.
This might seem a silly question, but for me it is an important one! I am looking to add sound proofing panels to my party wall in the living room and dining room in a 1930's semi-detached.
My concern is how do I know how much weight the walls can safely take? The panels are 29kg per square metre and they are held in with hammerfix screws, straight to the brickwork through the existing plaster.
It's a solid brick wall - not a cavity wall - and the alcoves that I am covering are 2.6 square metres each. That is about 76kg added to each alcove. Is this amount of weight something I'd need a structural engineer for? And is it something that would require a party wall agreement?
Thanks so much for your help.
This might seem a silly question, but for me it is an important one! I am looking to add sound proofing panels to my party wall in the living room and dining room in a 1930's semi-detached.
My concern is how do I know how much weight the walls can safely take? The panels are 29kg per square metre and they are held in with hammerfix screws, straight to the brickwork through the existing plaster.
It's a solid brick wall - not a cavity wall - and the alcoves that I am covering are 2.6 square metres each. That is about 76kg added to each alcove. Is this amount of weight something I'd need a structural engineer for? And is it something that would require a party wall agreement?
Thanks so much for your help.