Hi.
I am planning to fit a new upvc front door with a small window at both side of door and is on order. I live in a 1930 3 bed semi-de house. It will sit flush with outer wall, that the problem, there a old porch door with half window at both side of door, it sit about 2 foots from outer wall, when I removed plaster above old door to check if it not loadbearing, there is brickwork and a wall plate supporting floor joists upstair. Only 4 joists.
I would like to remove the porch door, brickwork and wallplate to creat a large hall and in a future time, a porch roof outside with oak bracket shelf, but the joist are also supporting by another wall plate which rest on an oak lintel and in a bad state supporting outer wall and inner wall.
Will I have to get a builder first to replace an oak lintel with a steel one and rebuild brickwork above new lintel and insert a new wallplate before I start work?
I can do plastering wall, electric work, plumbing, decorate, floor tiles. This is something I don't do.
Any idea, advice would be great.
Dan
I am planning to fit a new upvc front door with a small window at both side of door and is on order. I live in a 1930 3 bed semi-de house. It will sit flush with outer wall, that the problem, there a old porch door with half window at both side of door, it sit about 2 foots from outer wall, when I removed plaster above old door to check if it not loadbearing, there is brickwork and a wall plate supporting floor joists upstair. Only 4 joists.
I would like to remove the porch door, brickwork and wallplate to creat a large hall and in a future time, a porch roof outside with oak bracket shelf, but the joist are also supporting by another wall plate which rest on an oak lintel and in a bad state supporting outer wall and inner wall.
Will I have to get a builder first to replace an oak lintel with a steel one and rebuild brickwork above new lintel and insert a new wallplate before I start work?
I can do plastering wall, electric work, plumbing, decorate, floor tiles. This is something I don't do.
Any idea, advice would be great.
Dan