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9 years ago

my house is double brick exterior and single brick interior walls How do you tell which walls can be dropped and which are keeping the roof up??

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9 years ago
Hi

In the early stages, you can simply hop up into the roof and see which walls are load bearing ie have structure sitting on them. Then you need a professional to assess it depending on what you want to do.

I don't remove any walls unless my engineer and I have inspected it together and understand the consequences for loads on and to the surrounding structure.

It is not always the load over a wall that affects the structure but eg a corner that gives it rigidity over long lengths or how stable the eg mortar is.

Cheers
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