Hello dear home building community,
Recently, I treated my family to the purchase of a house. I had no idea that this would develop into a building project where my wife takes the lead in implementing all kinds of ideas, some of which were never even thought of before.
That said, here is my question. The house has two floors, a basement, and the attic is planned to be converted. The stairwell, located to the left of the main entrance, leads to the basement and the upper floor. In 1961, the architect planned to extend the landing staircase all the way up to the attic, but this was never carried out. The attic floor was concreted. We would like to finish this idea by partially breaking through the concrete ceiling (appointment with the structural engineer on 16.03) to extend the stairs upwards.
The staircase is a concrete landing staircase with a steel balustrade. There is about 14cm (5.5 inches) of space between the flight runs. My wife now wants to remove the balustrade and instead build a wall from the basement all the way up to the pitched roof, because, as she says, it looks NICE.
The question is... how?
Current considerations:
1. Building the wall from aerated concrete blocks fixed to the existing concrete staircase with wall ties. The question here is how to continue building from the upper floor since the new stairs to the attic will be freestanding and not load-bearing.
2. Square timber, OSB boards, drywall – same problem as above.
I kindly ask for professional advice 🙂
Thank you very much!
Recently, I treated my family to the purchase of a house. I had no idea that this would develop into a building project where my wife takes the lead in implementing all kinds of ideas, some of which were never even thought of before.
That said, here is my question. The house has two floors, a basement, and the attic is planned to be converted. The stairwell, located to the left of the main entrance, leads to the basement and the upper floor. In 1961, the architect planned to extend the landing staircase all the way up to the attic, but this was never carried out. The attic floor was concreted. We would like to finish this idea by partially breaking through the concrete ceiling (appointment with the structural engineer on 16.03) to extend the stairs upwards.
The staircase is a concrete landing staircase with a steel balustrade. There is about 14cm (5.5 inches) of space between the flight runs. My wife now wants to remove the balustrade and instead build a wall from the basement all the way up to the pitched roof, because, as she says, it looks NICE.
The question is... how?
Current considerations:
1. Building the wall from aerated concrete blocks fixed to the existing concrete staircase with wall ties. The question here is how to continue building from the upper floor since the new stairs to the attic will be freestanding and not load-bearing.
2. Square timber, OSB boards, drywall – same problem as above.
I kindly ask for professional advice 🙂
Thank you very much!
Ask your wife how she plans to carry furniture upstairs with a partition wall in place. Yes, there are ideas that can certainly be realized. However, there are other ideas that should be considered carefully—not only because their implementation might be difficult, but also because colorful pictures on the internet or in magazines do not always show the best solution.
Dear Yvonne,
the question was solely about the feasibility and implementation of the project.
I have indeed already considered the issue of moving the furniture.
However, this does not pose a problem since no bulky furniture is planned for the upper floor.
Nevertheless, thank you for your comment.
the question was solely about the feasibility and implementation of the project.
I have indeed already considered the issue of moving the furniture.
However, this does not pose a problem since no bulky furniture is planned for the upper floor.
Nevertheless, thank you for your comment.
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