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Lumpi_LE schrieb:
The explanation doesn’t make sense (?). Without structural engineering, no construction, and the support could have been designed narrower based on the structural calculations.

I’m feeling refreshed and alert again! Why do you think the support could have been made narrower? Apparently, that’s how the structural engineer calculated it. The chimney width, as I originally wanted it, was not sufficient to carry the load of the ceiling.

We’re talking about a 55sqm (592 sq ft) open space here.

Moreover, on the floor area of 91 sqm (979 sq ft) per level, at least on the ground floor, the only load-bearing walls are the exterior walls (on a 8.25 m x 11 m (27 ft x 36 ft) footprint) and the small 2 m (6.5 ft) walls of the staircase.

You don’t have to be a structural engineer to know that something solid is needed on the ground floor.

But yes, I would have preferred something narrower.

Zaba12 schrieb:


But yes, I would have preferred something narrower.

Which could, for example, have been realized in the form of a precast reinforced concrete column with the appropriate specifications.

Mottenhausen schrieb:
This could also have been done, for example, as a prefabricated reinforced concrete column with the appropriate specifications.

Exactly, you can build an eight-story building on a 30x30 cm (12x12 inches) column, so it should certainly support the deck of a small single-family house.
I just wanted to make that clear. But now the decisions have been made, so it doesn’t really matter anymore.

Lumpi_LE schrieb:
Exactly, you can build an eight-story building on a 30x30cm (12x12 inch) column, so it should definitely support a small single-family house deck.
I just wanted to make that clear. But now the measurements are done, so it doesn’t really matter anymore.

Is that really the case?

It is a reinforced concrete column, just not 30x30, because the structural engineer insisted it had to be different. He wouldn’t have taken responsibility for 50x30cm (20x12 inch).

He actually got quite stressed about the 50x30cm (20x12 inch) size :-p and ran over to the shell builder, or said it wasn’t possible.

Again, are you a structural engineer? Because you seem so sure.

We’re discussing this after the fact, so it’s pointless now. But please don’t come to me with non-professional opinions. We’re not talking about personal preference here, but about necessary structural engineering.

Is this good now??... you can discuss it via private message... no need for this endless chatter here.