ᐅ Cutting out two bedrooms from an existing floor plan

Hello everyone,

We have been awarded the contract for a very nice house with a large plot of land.
The only downside: On the upper floor, there are 2 rooms each with its own walk-in closet. However, we need a total of 3 rooms: 1 bedroom plus 2 children’s rooms.

I will upload the floor plan, with corrections marked in red.

The simplest solution would be to remove the wall of the second walk-in closet, build a wall in the middle by the chimney, and add another door. However, the resulting children’s rooms would be really small:
One with 13.5m² (145 ft²) floor area and 10.5m² (113 ft²) living area, and the other with 13m² (140 ft²) floor area and 8.5m² (91 ft²) living area. The second room would be particularly small due to the steep roof slope.

Do you have any creative ideas? The wall between bedroom 2 and walk-in closet 1 is load-bearing.

Additional information:
The roof slope on the south side has a knee wall of 60cm (24 inches) height and an angle of 39°. The wall reaches full height only after 2.30m (7.5 ft).
The roof slope on the north side has a knee wall of 90cm (35 inches), with the same angle. It reaches full height faster, but I haven’t measured exactly after how many meters.

Mirawe schrieb:

and add another door.

Adding another door that easily… where you have drawn it is not possible because of the chimney.

Mirawe schrieb:

The wall between Bedroom 2 and Dressing Room 1 is load-bearing.

What exactly does it support? Maybe the load can be transferred elsewhere?
I would first calculate how much living space is actually available. You might then realize that not much more is possible, since you also need space for bedroom and closet.
However, I wouldn’t focus too much on the square meters: there won’t be more space. There also seems to be knee wall height restrictions. So 13.5m² (145ft²) can be sufficient. It will simply be a cozy room. If necessary, you can include the hallway.
You should also check if there is a basement where you could set up a playroom or computer room.

Just an idea without having checked the measurements

Hey,
thanks for the previous replies. What I marked in red was not ideas but corrections to the floor plan. So, in reality, the door is on the right side and the chimney is to the left of it.

By the way, I also liked the idea from the previous post best. But on one hand, the load-bearing wall is in the way (how and where can something like that be redirected?), and on the other hand, you can’t build a straight wall above the door of Children’s Room 1 because the window is in the way (I also indicated that correction).

Mirawe schrieb:

Hey,
thanks for the previous replies. What I marked in red was not an idea, but a correction of the floor plan. So, in reality, the door is on the right side and the chimney is to the left of it.

By the way, I also had the idea from the previous post and liked it best. But on one hand, the load-bearing wall is in the way (how and where can something like that be supported?), and on the other hand, you can’t have a straight wall above the door of Kid’s Room 1 because the window is in the way (I have marked that correction as well).

I only planned one door in the load-bearing wall between the dressing room and bedroom.
You wouldn’t make the wall straight but with an angled corner.

Mirawe schrieb:

How and where can something like this be transferred?

A structural engineer or carpenter should inspect the roof framework. It might be necessary to install an additional post (I find it surprising that the entire wall is load-bearing; a rafter is not supported by a wall and thus the whole roof, but near the ridge there would be a post supporting the ridge beam). Load transfer can be achieved by professionally integrating other load-bearing elements between the purlins. However, this requires opening the roof from below.