Internal wall removal HEADACHE!!!
Hey guys,
New here so thanks for any advice!!
I have just bought a 2 bed house, that needs a lot of work. Floor plan with walls i want removing in orange below.
I have got to the stage of speaking to building control on my own (no structural surveyor help as yet), and i have been informed it cannot be done. I then sought some advice and was told it could be done with a Plumis Automist system, but would then still need a firedoor on the first level. There is no room on the staircase for a door, it is a 1890 house with a very precarious staircase. It would also look terrible!!
The loft room was converted before the seller i purchased from bought, and does not have building control. I have liability insurance from the seller to cover this if anything does go wrong though.
My question is, how can i remove the two living space walls, to create an open plan living area, without adding firedoors and a sprinkler system. Any way?
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Comments (9)Hi everyone. Thanks for your comments. I cannot afford a loft conversion and the roof is a hip end which would require turning it into a gable end and needing a dormer but I may be able to afford to build on top of the kitchen extension. The room would be very small though. The creation of the aforementioned corridor gives me an extra wall that I can put furniture against as I have downsized from a 5 bed to 2.5 bed. It won't be a dark room as it has double french doors and there is another window space which is currently a double doorway leading into the kitchen. I prefer the living room at the front of the house. The light is better and there is a nicer fieplace and it is cosy. If I was going to sell, the new bedroom would be marketed as a dining room....See MoreConfused by our Victorian internal walls – thoughts?!
Comments (10)I think timber beams were quite often used as part of the wall structure. We had to take an external wall back in our living room due to dry rot (not from said beams!) and it had the same construction as yours. Horse hair was (and think still is!) used to strengthen lime plaster and prevent shrinkage https://folio.brighton.ac.uk/user/as620/victorian-building-analysis...See Moreinternal feature brick wall
Comments (7)I’m in agreement with Ribena. Do think carefully before going ahead. When we moved into our current house 30 years ago we had a brick wall built to separate the kitchen from the dining area on the end of the peninsula. It was a bad decision. Dust, muck and the like collected in the joints despite vacuuming it. When we had a new kitchen it got taken back out. It created such a mess taking it back out but at least I now have clean surfaces....See MoreUnsure what steps need to be taken for internal wall removal
Comments (2)If you are going to take out the wall then it won’t matter if you make a mess now. So take a hammer to the wall, knock a hole and check if you have bricks/block work behind the plaster. If it is indeed non structural it’s most likely it is a wood frame with plasterboard. If this is the case then a builder can confidently take it out. If it is solid behind the plaster then you will need building regs and a structural engineer. You will probably need freeholder permission too....See More
8 years agoThis is the relevant page from the regulations. If you have really low ceilings and top floor is less than 4.5m up you are ok. If not, then you either need a protected stairwell or a separate exit way for the top floor.
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