Hello everyone,
We are currently planning to remove the wall between the kitchen and the living/dining area. We hired a structural engineer who visited the site and examined the wall in its plastered state. He also received the plans (see attached floor plans). Interestingly, the wall was built continuously, contrary to the construction plans. Unfortunately, no structural documents are available.
Unfortunately, the cooperation with the structural engineer has been somewhat "odd." He has now asked me to expose the wall connection (why?). I did so, and the following structure was revealed. It looks somewhat unusual to me as a layperson, but maybe there are experts here who can assess it better. The gray block looked like concrete, and some reinforcement was visible. The other holes in the wall are the former pass-through and "heat channels" for the wood stove, which has already been removed. The (visible) remaining part was built with bricks.
I am now wondering why the engineer wants pictures and if it wouldn’t be possible to simply calculate everything on the computer. Is this a usual practice? And what do the experts here think about this wall structure?
We are currently planning to remove the wall between the kitchen and the living/dining area. We hired a structural engineer who visited the site and examined the wall in its plastered state. He also received the plans (see attached floor plans). Interestingly, the wall was built continuously, contrary to the construction plans. Unfortunately, no structural documents are available.
Unfortunately, the cooperation with the structural engineer has been somewhat "odd." He has now asked me to expose the wall connection (why?). I did so, and the following structure was revealed. It looks somewhat unusual to me as a layperson, but maybe there are experts here who can assess it better. The gray block looked like concrete, and some reinforcement was visible. The other holes in the wall are the former pass-through and "heat channels" for the wood stove, which has already been removed. The (visible) remaining part was built with bricks.
I am now wondering why the engineer wants pictures and if it wouldn’t be possible to simply calculate everything on the computer. Is this a usual practice? And what do the experts here think about this wall structure?
Biene32 schrieb:
Sorry about that, I didn’t want to make things too confusing. So why don’t you link again to your previous thread?
ONE house, ONE story, one CONTEXT!
Why should those helping have to piece together the story again for every single little question? – that’s not fair.
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In my previous thread, it was only about floor plan questions. What does that have to do with anything else? What does that have to do with being funny or not funny? The other thread contains no information relevant to answering a question about wall construction. Why does it always have to be so complicated in this forum? But I understand, this will be my last post here.
The fact is: laypeople’s questions often have more dimensions than the questioner realizes. Much of the background information useful for answering these questions does not need to be laboriously extracted by those offering help, as it can be gathered from the questioner’s previous threads. It is helpful to share your thread history to allow helpers to understand the background that has already been uncovered. A simple way to do this is to add "follow-up questions" about the same subject within an ongoing thread, rather than opening a new thread just because the new issue might fit better into a different category. Opening multiple threads makes it difficult for helpers to maintain an overview, which can be demanding for those volunteering their time. There is no reason to take this suggestion personally.
In your original thread, you selected an unhelpful representation from the options available to you, which I pointed out and you corrected. At that time, you gave the impression that you understood the economy of questioning—yet unfortunately, this has not been consistently the case, to the detriment of the discussion’s progress. As one of those willing and able to help, I feel justified in expressing my frustration. You will be gladly assisted here; however, part of receiving free help involves the questioner cooperating to make the assistance as easy to provide as possible. That’s all.
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
In your original thread, you selected an unhelpful representation from the options available to you, which I pointed out and you corrected. At that time, you gave the impression that you understood the economy of questioning—yet unfortunately, this has not been consistently the case, to the detriment of the discussion’s progress. As one of those willing and able to help, I feel justified in expressing my frustration. You will be gladly assisted here; however, part of receiving free help involves the questioner cooperating to make the assistance as easy to provide as possible. That’s all.
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
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