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brighton028728 Jan 2022 12:25Hello everyone,
I see a lot of expertise in this forum and I’m taking the chance to ask a question, even though I haven’t built myself but rather bought a house, and I hope you won’t be too harsh on me for this 🙂
Situation: We purchased a 25-year-old detached house (solid brick). We are currently carrying out extensive renovations and modernization (partly as DIY). In a rather naive move, we removed a wall recess in a load-bearing brick wall (exterior wall, 36cm brick, 40cm with plaster) on the first of two upper floors without initially considering the consequences, which are now slowly becoming clear to us.
About the recess itself: 13cm deep (11cm of brick), 90cm wide, 33cm high. It is located in the corner of the room and starts about 50cm away from the nearest adjacent load-bearing wall. Almost in the middle of the wall at a room height of around 2.5m (8 feet).
I know a structural engineer will definitely give me the answer, but if I can save the 500€ fee, I’d like to do so. Or if someone here is certain that it’s not okay (or uncertain), I can have it filled in again right away. What do you think: acceptable, better to fill with concrete right away, or an individual decision for a structural engineer?
Thanks for your assessment.
I see a lot of expertise in this forum and I’m taking the chance to ask a question, even though I haven’t built myself but rather bought a house, and I hope you won’t be too harsh on me for this 🙂
Situation: We purchased a 25-year-old detached house (solid brick). We are currently carrying out extensive renovations and modernization (partly as DIY). In a rather naive move, we removed a wall recess in a load-bearing brick wall (exterior wall, 36cm brick, 40cm with plaster) on the first of two upper floors without initially considering the consequences, which are now slowly becoming clear to us.
About the recess itself: 13cm deep (11cm of brick), 90cm wide, 33cm high. It is located in the corner of the room and starts about 50cm away from the nearest adjacent load-bearing wall. Almost in the middle of the wall at a room height of around 2.5m (8 feet).
I know a structural engineer will definitely give me the answer, but if I can save the 500€ fee, I’d like to do so. Or if someone here is certain that it’s not okay (or uncertain), I can have it filled in again right away. What do you think: acceptable, better to fill with concrete right away, or an individual decision for a structural engineer?
Thanks for your assessment.
The little statue of Mary, which is the reason for doing something like this, will surely take care of it (?)
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brighton028728 Jan 2022 12:48Not intended for a small Virgin Mary statue, but in this case I am presenting a purely
brighton0287 schrieb:
13cm deep (11cm of that brick), 90cm wide, 33cm high. LiMadame would have to lie down there or you could place the 7 dwarfs next to it
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brighton028728 Jan 2022 13:52Nida35a schrieb:
Madame would have to lie down for that
or the 7 dwarfs stand next to her Does she still fulfill the required function regarding structural support when lying down? 🙄
brighton0287 schrieb:
Does it still fulfill the required structural purpose when lying down?Definitely not with seven dwarfs, that’s too much of a stretch and would lead to excommunication ;-)https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
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