Hey Guys,
I am planning to split a large bedroom we have into two, however, there is a window right in the centre of the room that I need to change and im hoping you can all point me in the right direction.
The image below shows the current room and window with some measurements. I broke away the plaster on either side of the window to find out how big the header was on the inside. I am only planning on widening the window and I don't want to adjust the height.
I have a few questions that im hoping you can help me out with, I have detailed everything below but please feel free to ask any questions.
Yellow - Header width
Red - Current window size
Blue - New window size
The images below show the header corners that I revealed when I broke the plaster away.
This image is showing the new opening size and the plan for the new windows. I want to move the windows out by 140mm on the right hand side and 185mm on the left. This leaves around 6 inchs of header on either side. Both of the new windows will be 600mm wide leaving a 300mm gap in the middle that will allow me to build a stud wall.
My Questions
1 - Is 6 inchs enough on either side of the header.
2 - I have only checked the header on the inside of the room, am I right in thinking the header on the outside will be the same size?
3 - The gap I am leaving in the middle will be made from timber and insulated as I know I can't block this up, do you think this will be ok?
Thanks for taking the time to read this guys.
I am planning to split a large bedroom we have into two, however, there is a window right in the centre of the room that I need to change and im hoping you can all point me in the right direction.
The image below shows the current room and window with some measurements. I broke away the plaster on either side of the window to find out how big the header was on the inside. I am only planning on widening the window and I don't want to adjust the height.
I have a few questions that im hoping you can help me out with, I have detailed everything below but please feel free to ask any questions.
Yellow - Header width
Red - Current window size
Blue - New window size
The images below show the header corners that I revealed when I broke the plaster away.
![IMG_1784.jpeg IMG_1784.jpeg](https://cdn.diynot.com/data/attachments/200/200217-c8fe68aaf2f2072fe80348745f1c7e19.jpg)
![IMG_1785.jpeg IMG_1785.jpeg](https://cdn.diynot.com/data/attachments/200/200218-dfd44d7e233c8e6898878bf79d692190.jpg)
This image is showing the new opening size and the plan for the new windows. I want to move the windows out by 140mm on the right hand side and 185mm on the left. This leaves around 6 inchs of header on either side. Both of the new windows will be 600mm wide leaving a 300mm gap in the middle that will allow me to build a stud wall.
My Questions
1 - Is 6 inchs enough on either side of the header.
2 - I have only checked the header on the inside of the room, am I right in thinking the header on the outside will be the same size?
3 - The gap I am leaving in the middle will be made from timber and insulated as I know I can't block this up, do you think this will be ok?
Thanks for taking the time to read this guys.