Can I use a wooden joist to replace a supporting wall?
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Get a professional in to look at this before you do anything. Supporting walls are just that, supporting something. If you play around with supporting walls you could do very costly damage to your home or worse. Only a professional (I'd consider and engineer) can see the full impact of what you intend to do. They can give you suggestions on the best way to proceed with the work you want done.
NO what if you get wood worm You need a steel girder but you could always clad it with wood it you want it to show.
If it's a load bearing wall, you need to check your span charts..
You may want to look at using an engineered beam such as a microlam or gluelam in a post and beam configuration.
No got to be steel RSJ
No, not unless you want the house to come crashing down around your head.
No, building regulations won't allow it unless you do it without building regulations. If the house falls down the insurance company won't pay, you will be homeless with no money, your wife and children will starve, begging on the street with a dog for sympathy, degenerating into alcoholism. Nah mate, better get permission and a good builder to be on the safe side. Good luck.
UK ? No, technically you need building regs to carry out this work with appropriate calculations for the beam. I done a similar job and the structural calcs were done by the beam supplier
Check out Fawlty Towers, Series 1, episode 2 " The Builders" and the answer is NO.
You can't expect a sensible answer with such little information, not when your house is at risk ( which would be uninsured if you went ahead without a drawing / plans )
Steel joists are better, concrete re-inforced works, wood can also be used . It depends on the stress calculations in your building regs drawings..oh dear, you haven't got those? I suggest you do. It's suprising how stress and loads are transferred around a building and removing a seemingly simple wall can upset the balance
NO! Not unless you want the ceiling to collapse. You need a steel joist - can't remember what they're called and a professional to do the job if you're not certain what you're doing
No you will need an RSJ
Not timber use rsj
no. rsj or lintel. must have 150mm minimum support either side to reach building regs. uk
no no no no no no
Stupid Boy!
I heard of a guy who removed a chimney breast to make his room bigger, he was'nt aware that he needed a steel beam to support the weight above it.
He was watching TV one nite, and he was killed outright by hundreds of tons of bricks collapsing around his head.
No. Only if you want too end your life. Get professional advice from a construction engineer, not the next door neighbours wife or the expert at the local pub. Depending on the span he may usa an RSJ. Size will depend on the load it will bear.
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