Browse Forums General Discussion 1 Aug 28, 2012 4:17 pm Hey everyone, Im looking to knock a hole through an internal brick load-bearing wall. The wall seperates out living area and out kitchen dining area. I want to put void through to create the impression of open plan living. The wall it made from 110mm wide brick. I want the hole to be 2500mm wide x 1250mm tall. Kind of like an open internal window! My question is what steel would i need to use in this project. I know i cant use L steel as part of the steel would be visible from the side of the wall. All the H steel ive seen is to wide for the job and again i worry that the steel will protrude the wall sides not allowing be to plaster to its current width. The roof is brick and tile by the way. Many thanks, Mark. Re: Structural advice please. 2Aug 28, 2012 4:23 pm You may have to put a beam (to Engineer's specs) within your roof for the load bearing and remove the wall from top to bottom, framing the section above the doorway. Arfur Re: Structural advice please. 3Aug 30, 2012 10:53 am As Uncle Arfur says or you may also use a precast brick or concrete lintel that is 90-110mm thick and because it is masonry you can render over it. I think you can get them for load bearing walls up to 3000mm. You'd of course need to prop up the wall with Acrow props etc while you punch out the opening. Stewie I’m not a structural engineer but I’m free. you still need an engineer for the plans. I only have part of your plans, but you seem to have a 850mm drop from the side… 3 9956 Assuming you've modelled the TB8, TB10, TB12, TB2 & J1 joists/LVLs there, it appears as per drawing to me. There maybe should be an additional J1 between TB10 and T12 if… 3 31823 |