HI, this is my first post and this is my scenario. Ive just bought a house that was formerly two cottages but has been made into one only by a doorway, i am at present converting them back into two.
one side of the house can be converted easily, more of a decoration, paint kitchen etc and its done.
The other side has had its staircase removed and the first floor has been renewed at some point, probably when the house was converted, but they have put the floor joists across the other way to which they originally ran so this means im going to have to cut about 900m off about 9 of them before the internal load bearing wall upon which they sit to get the staircase back where it was.
I was planning on building a load bearing wall but not sure whether a single concrete block construction (about 2.5m long, 2.5m high) or a double skin would have to be built to meet with building regs. can anyone give me any info on the best way to go forward. many thanks
one side of the house can be converted easily, more of a decoration, paint kitchen etc and its done.
The other side has had its staircase removed and the first floor has been renewed at some point, probably when the house was converted, but they have put the floor joists across the other way to which they originally ran so this means im going to have to cut about 900m off about 9 of them before the internal load bearing wall upon which they sit to get the staircase back where it was.
I was planning on building a load bearing wall but not sure whether a single concrete block construction (about 2.5m long, 2.5m high) or a double skin would have to be built to meet with building regs. can anyone give me any info on the best way to go forward. many thanks