Supporting a stair landing

[kfsbiker]

Dear All - this is my first post. Has anyone got any advice on how to support a stair landing? As you can hopefully see from the picture our landing is at present supported by a pin wall beside the fridge. (it was originally a cupboard) Ideally we would like to take out the wall and the small cupboard beside it and have a bigger fridge. But obviously the stair landing has to be supported in some way. Any ideas? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

 

[pinenot]

First off, what construction are we looking at here - landing itself, timber, concrete or other? - stub/pin wall, brick ?? and what's the layout of the wall/kitchen that can be seen in the pic. Oh! and what lengths are you prepared to go too ??? ...pinenot