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Do lintels/beams push up cost massively?

tea and coffee · 2013-02-07 22:02:22

We are looking at reconfiguring some rooms i.e opening them out into open plan. We have 2 possible ways of doing this and one includes knocking a load bearing wall. So we will need a beam. It would have to be to hold a wall at least 3.5 metres /12 feet or so. IS this going to add substantially to the ost? How…

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07-02-2013 11:02pm

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We are looking at reconfiguring some rooms i.e opening them out into open plan. We have 2 possible ways of doing this and one includes knocking a load bearing wall. So we will need a beam. It would have to be to hold a wall at least 3.5 metres /12 feet or so. IS this going to add substantially to the ost? How substantially????:eek:

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#2 08-02-2013 7:47pm
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Would realy need to the wall in question but shouldnt really.
The cost of the steel, some timber to shoot on to it maybe two slabs, one bag of skim, a skip for the old wall and two guys for two days,

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#3 08-02-2013 9:41pm
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Oh I see. My understanding was that lintels were quite expensive, and the work involved would be such that my other option of knocking down non load bearign wall would be far less expensive

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