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Hurrah!
I had a structural engineer come round at the weekend and he confirmed that the wall is not load bearing and that an RSJ is not necessary. That's a few quid saved Now to see about getting a builder to do the job and fit me a new kitchen.
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if not load bearing why not do it yourself?
whilst not load bearing what does it do for the wall on the right with the doors on? macafee2 |
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Turns out that wall with all the doors on is the load bearing wall of the house. I also managed to find an architects drawing for a house around the corner that had an extension done on my local council website - it would appear that the wall that separates the dining room and kitchen is helping to prop up that internal load bearing wall.
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If in doubt...
If in doubt how about cut an inspection hole in kitchen ceiling and have a look whats resting on top of the wall in the between floor cavity. Minor repair to the ceiling could save £'s in RSJ costs.
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Even cheaper to pull floorboards upstairs to have a look...
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It is indeed - that's what happened.
We could tell just by the way the boards were screwed down and the distance between them.
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My house is a rectangle with a triangular prism (Toblerone) style roof. The ends of the prism are at the short sides of the rectangle. When you say ridge, what do you mean? My knowledge on this whole subject is a little light to say the least hehe.
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Ah got yeah, in that case it's as I said? Like a Toblerone at the peak of the prism hehe
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