Removing a load bearing wall

[Darrell]

Coming back to the UK in November to do a large extension for my brother.

It's a double height side extension and I have to remove the outside kitchen wall, the problem is that it's load bearing.

From my days in the building game we used strongboys for a solid outside wall and needles for a cavity wall. My brothers walls are cavity but if I needle through it will ruin the new bathroom that is above the kitchen.

Are there any other ways of doing this.

I will be of course liasing with the architect and my sister and her husband are both surveyors but I wanted a head start before my return.

Thanks.

 

[amg_Charged]

You will need to use acrow to prop and install a catnic Lintel dependent on the load, normally worked out with structural calculations as you may have to use a steel, the catnic is normally used for cavity walls, just ensure you fit drain holes otherwise you will get damp

 

[R120]

Structural engineer should do a method statement ( I presume there is one involved given what you are proposing?)

 

[Mac1]

Hi Darrell.
You may be lucky and your bathroom floor joists may run into the internal leaf of block/brickwork that your working on.
If so, you can take a section of kitchen ceiling out prop the joist and fit strong boys into the wall in-between the joists. Strongboys for the outside skin is good.
The fun starts if the joists are running the "wrong" way and sods law there is a joist tight to the internal wall you need to prop.
Your call then, either cut the joist out in sections and later refit a new one along side the old one and prop. Putting needles through may effect the position of the steels.
Good luck..

 

[Darrell]

Hi Darrell.
You may be lucky and your bathroom floor joists may run into the internal leaf of block/brickwork that your working on.
If so, you can take a section of kitchen ceiling out prop the joist and fit strong boys into the wall in-between the joists. Strongboys for the outside skin is good.
The fun starts if the joists are running the "wrong" way and sods law there is a joist tight to the internal wall you need to prop.
Your call then, either cut the joist out in sections and later refit a new one along side the old one and prop. Putting needles through may effect the position of the steels.
Good luck..

Cheers Mac1, I was thinking about that. I will call my brother and he can knock a hole in the kitchen ceiling to find out.

 

[Darrell]

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[Darrell]

Please ignore post 6.

 

[Mac1]

Cheers Mac1, I was thinking about that. I will call my brother and he can knock a hole in the kitchen ceiling to find out.

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