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Hello,
We had a thin stud wall separating our main kitchen from a small utility area. It was a bit thinner than other stud walls in the house and 1 metre away from it was the external wall, and 1 metre away in the other direction is a boxed in beam (almost certainly) housing an rsj that probably supports the staircase ( as the staircase is just behind it in the hallway).
2 years ago we had 2 builders in to quote for knocking down the thin wall, without us suggesting anything they both were certain that it was non load bearing, identifying the rsj nearby and external wall, as well as the fact that it was so thin and flimsy and had no wall directly above it.
In the end my husband easily knocked it down himself with a hammer. There has been no cracking etc in the 2 years since. However we are now putting our house on the market and I am now feeling stressed as we never thought to look into building regs certificates or anything else that may be needed. I'm not sure whether we should mention it in the solicitors forms when it asks whether any building works have been carried out. Or perhaps we should pay a structural engineer to do a report to say all is fine? On googling, some people mention an indemnity insurance that may be worth getting?
If anyone has any knowledge of this or suggestions I would be really grateful as am feeling a bit anxious and unsure what to do.
Many thanks, Sarah
We had a thin stud wall separating our main kitchen from a small utility area. It was a bit thinner than other stud walls in the house and 1 metre away from it was the external wall, and 1 metre away in the other direction is a boxed in beam (almost certainly) housing an rsj that probably supports the staircase ( as the staircase is just behind it in the hallway).
2 years ago we had 2 builders in to quote for knocking down the thin wall, without us suggesting anything they both were certain that it was non load bearing, identifying the rsj nearby and external wall, as well as the fact that it was so thin and flimsy and had no wall directly above it.
In the end my husband easily knocked it down himself with a hammer. There has been no cracking etc in the 2 years since. However we are now putting our house on the market and I am now feeling stressed as we never thought to look into building regs certificates or anything else that may be needed. I'm not sure whether we should mention it in the solicitors forms when it asks whether any building works have been carried out. Or perhaps we should pay a structural engineer to do a report to say all is fine? On googling, some people mention an indemnity insurance that may be worth getting?
If anyone has any knowledge of this or suggestions I would be really grateful as am feeling a bit anxious and unsure what to do.
Many thanks, Sarah