To create a bit more floor space in a cramped bedroom, I'm considering whether I can move the support beams outward slightly without making it too big of a deal. It might be about 30-40 cm. Is it generally possible, like yes it works or no it's impossible (without bringing in an engineer to calculate it)? In that case, I would move out about half of the beams along one side. In the worst case, I'm considering taking down the wall and leaving the beams in place and then lowering the sloping ceiling quite a bit toward the eaves. That way, you don't change the construction, and still get a usable floor area (though in neither case would this be considered living space since both scenarios involve floor space outside standing height).
The house was built in the 1920s and the original plans don't seem to quite match, or I can't figure it out. Looking at them, the height and placement of support beams and gable wall match on the "right side," but on the left side of the house, the beams are significantly lower and the gable wall considerably further in. This couldn't have been constructed afterward because the staircase is on the left side of the house and its placement hasn't changed. The stairwell wall goes from the lower floor into the elevated wall on floor "0.5". Between the staircase and the exterior wall on floor 1 is the closet (straight under the gable wall) and all this matches the original floor plan.
What do you think? Anyone struggled with the same problem?
The house was built in the 1920s and the original plans don't seem to quite match, or I can't figure it out. Looking at them, the height and placement of support beams and gable wall match on the "right side," but on the left side of the house, the beams are significantly lower and the gable wall considerably further in. This couldn't have been constructed afterward because the staircase is on the left side of the house and its placement hasn't changed. The stairwell wall goes from the lower floor into the elevated wall on floor "0.5". Between the staircase and the exterior wall on floor 1 is the closet (straight under the gable wall) and all this matches the original floor plan.
What do you think? Anyone struggled with the same problem?
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