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RSJ into Kitchen Extension

  • 07-12-2015 8:07pm
    #1
    sleepyholland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 343 ✭✭


    Could anyone with a bit of experience of similar building work give me a ballpark figure to remove the walls from the middle of this 1-storey kitchen extension and replace with a hidden RSJ or whatever is required. (photos below) The room dimensions are 7.72m x 5.28m.

    I assume a structural engineer is required? I've been told the white wall is load-bearing.

    All advice much appreciated!


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  • #2
    DOCARCH
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 18,128 Mod ✭✭✭✭DOCARCH


    sleepyholland wrote: »
    I assume a structural engineer is required?

    Yes!


  • #3
    sleepyholland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 343 ✭✭sleepyholland


    DOCARCH wrote: »
    Yes!

    Thanks.
    If anyone here has had similar work done what did it cost to get to a plastered finish - including skip and all the extras. I appreciate every job is unique but I have no idea how long this kind of work takes or the material costs.


  • #4
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 39,729 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    sleepyholland wrote: »
    Thanks.
    If anyone here has had similar work done what did it cost to get to a plastered finish - including skip and all the extras. I appreciate every job is unique but I have no idea how long this kind of work takes or the material costs.

    3-5k depending on what finish you want back.
    It all hangs on the engineers design.
    He may insist in the bean resting on a channel or column to transfer the loads to the foundations. You cannot yust assume you can punch a pocket in the wall and stick a beam in there.


  • #5
    sleepyholland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 343 ✭✭sleepyholland


    Thanks you kceire.
    Great to get an estimate no matter how rough.
    I'll get an engineer in now to tell me more.


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