Hello everyone,
As mentioned in some other threads, we are building our single-family house with Massivhaus Mittelrhein.
Since we have a very large ceiling span in the living room, the structural engineer suggested the following:
The interior walls on the upper floor will be constructed with drywall in some rooms. This is intended to reduce the load on the ceiling. Alternatively, a crack-bridging plaster mesh will be applied to the interior walls. However, there is still a risk that cracks may form.
I am now quite uncertain about what to do and whether this makes sense, and I would appreciate any support.
Best regards
M.arco
As mentioned in some other threads, we are building our single-family house with Massivhaus Mittelrhein.
Since we have a very large ceiling span in the living room, the structural engineer suggested the following:
The interior walls on the upper floor will be constructed with drywall in some rooms. This is intended to reduce the load on the ceiling. Alternatively, a crack-bridging plaster mesh will be applied to the interior walls. However, there is still a risk that cracks may form.
I am now quite uncertain about what to do and whether this makes sense, and I would appreciate any support.
Best regards
M.arco
M.arco schrieb:
The alternative means:
1. Drywall partitions instead of solid interior walls (11.5cm (4.5 inches) thickness)
2. Solid interior walls with additional crack-bridging mesh. However, this is generally not recommended.Interior walls made from the same type of stone would not need the mesh, while lightweight partitions would require it. Unfortunately, as I mentioned, I don’t have any plans of your house, so it’s difficult to address the question in detail. For solid walls, it depends on the material used and on what the exterior walls are made of. Aerated concrete blocks in 7.5cm or 10cm (3 inches or 4 inches) thickness significantly reduce weight compared to 11.5cm (4.5 inches) calcium silicate bricks.M.arco schrieb:
I wonder why the intermediate floor slab isn’t simply made thicker....Walls that don’t have walls with the same alignment underneath benefit from beams. Thicker floor slabs are also heavier, which then makes beams even more necessary. As I said, I could give a more creative answer if I knew your house. FromM.arco schrieb:
Because we have a very large ceiling span in the living room,I conclude that it is not one of the standard catalog designs I am familiar with.https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
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markus270318 Oct 2017 15:5811ant schrieb:
Walls that do not have walls with the same alignment underneath benefit from support beams. Thicker floor slabs are also heavier and therefore require support beams even more. As mentioned, one could give a more creative answer if your house was known.This is exactly how we did it as well, since we didn’t want a wall that was originally planned in the basement. It was no problem at all, and now we have the entire kitchen/living room area without any load-bearing walls.
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