Hi

I want to remove 6' of a 10' internal breeze-block wall. The wall
supports the ends of 4' floor joists, the other ends of which are
supported by the external wall.

These floor joists are also nailed into a perpendicular joist that runs
the entire front-back width of the house, offset an inch from the top
of the internal wall.

As best as I can ascertain - and I'll have it verified by an expert
- the section of the internal to be removed supports nothing else
than the aforementioned 4' joists and weight of bedroom above.

My question:- Would joist hangers attached to the front-back joist be
acceptable support for the 4' joists, allowing the wall to be
removed. ?

Cheers.

In article .com,
writes:
Yes go for it, and if the floor is a bit springy then put in a
stiffener over the opening. Weak floors don't tend to suddenly
collapse.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/s...es/4869656.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/w...ds/4848280.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/m...er/4735984.stm

The last one happened during a Health and Safety meeting ;-)

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Andrew Gabriel

wrote:

I want to remove 6' of a 10' internal breeze-block wall. The wall
supports the ends of 4' floor joists, the other ends of which are
supported by the external wall.

These floor joists are also nailed into a perpendicular joist that runs
the entire front-back width of the house, offset an inch from the top
of the internal wall.

If you want some sort of useful answer then you will need to tell us:

Dimensions of all timbers, span of the floor joists and the
perpendicular joist, and details of all loads carried by each of the
joists.


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Cheers,

John.

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