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by COW
Mon Oct 19, 2015 4:47 pm
Forum: Building Regulations and Planning Permission Forum
Topic: Remove Internal Wall in 1960's Bungalow - Structural Engineer or Builder
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Re: Remove Internal Wall in 1960's Bungalow - Structural Engineer or Builder

Assume you mean ceiling joists. If they run parallel with the wall then the wall is unlikely to be load bearing. Any loading on the ceiling joists will to some extent depend on the roof design but in most cases they do not carry a great load, there job is to restrain the outward movement of the roof...
by COW
Mon Oct 19, 2015 2:14 pm
Forum: Building Regulations and Planning Permission Forum
Topic: Oversite to Suspended Timber Ground Floor and Sleeper Wall
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Oversite to Suspended Timber Ground Floor and Sleeper Wall

I am proposing to build a small (4mx3m) single story extension to my 1960's bungalow. Access will be through an existing external window converted to a door opening. I obviously need to continue the existing FFL through to the extension and as such it would make things easier to use a suspended timb...
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