Hello!
I am completely new to the house world! But now I want to tear down a wall between the kitchen and the hallway and need some tips.
I know it is not load-bearing but there is a radiator on that wall + a phone jack and an electrical outlet.
How should I proceed? Do I need to bring someone in to first look at the wall and see what needs to be done, or can I bring in a plumber(?) to fix the radiator directly?
Can anyone recommend a company?
As I said, I'm a beginner :blushing: Help please
I am completely new to the house world! But now I want to tear down a wall between the kitchen and the hallway and need some tips.
I know it is not load-bearing but there is a radiator on that wall + a phone jack and an electrical outlet.
How should I proceed? Do I need to bring someone in to first look at the wall and see what needs to be done, or can I bring in a plumber(?) to fix the radiator directly?
Can anyone recommend a company?
As I said, I'm a beginner :blushing: Help please
You need an electrician to disconnect the outlet, a plumber to disconnect the radiator, it seems. Is the wall going to be completely removed or replaced with something?
If the wall is just to be removed, you should disconnect the electricity at the nearest junction box.
Where do the pipes to the radiator come from? In the wall or the floor? Is there one or two pipes to the radiator? The pipe(s) that the radiator is connected to also need to be dealt with, are you planning to do anything with the floor as well?
Is the phone jack the last on the line or do cables continue to other jacks from here? If so, you'll also need to reroute the phone cable.
If the wall is just to be removed, you should disconnect the electricity at the nearest junction box.
Where do the pipes to the radiator come from? In the wall or the floor? Is there one or two pipes to the radiator? The pipe(s) that the radiator is connected to also need to be dealt with, are you planning to do anything with the floor as well?
Is the phone jack the last on the line or do cables continue to other jacks from here? If so, you'll also need to reroute the phone cable.
1: The wall should be removed completely
2: The pipe to the radiator comes from the floor and it is a pipe
3: The idea is to lay new flooring in the hallway (same as in the kitchen)
4: I don't know more about the phone jack other than that it's not the first jack.
Thank you for taking the time to respond But from what it sounds like, do I need to have an electrician and a plumber to fix the electrical and radiator?
2: The pipe to the radiator comes from the floor and it is a pipe
3: The idea is to lay new flooring in the hallway (same as in the kitchen)
4: I don't know more about the phone jack other than that it's not the first jack.
Thank you for taking the time to respond
But from what it sounds like, do I need to have an electrician and a plumber to fix the electrical and radiator?With the caveat that I'm not a plumber, I think a pipe is a problem. As I remember from discussions with the plumber at home, a radiator with 2 pipes is just to plug, possibly you might have trouble hiding it, but otherwise it's simple. With one pipe, I understand that you can't just plug the pipe if it's not the last one on the loop, but the plumber should know, explain, and solve that.
Identifying the right cables and disconnecting them is an electrician's job, although many DIY enthusiasts do this themselves because it's simple IF you know what you're doing but if you don't, call an electrician.
None of these jobs take long, but you'll likely pay for an hour + some travel fee; the plumber who helped me last fall charged 375 kr/hour (I believe that's relatively low) + 300 for the car, which can be a guideline.
You probably have to do something about the phone jack unless you can just place it on the nearest wall? Otherwise, the electrician should be able to advise something on that.
Ha, ha, the idea of the forum is that those of us who know something should take the time to answer, so it would be a darn shame if I just sat here and read
Identifying the right cables and disconnecting them is an electrician's job, although many DIY enthusiasts do this themselves because it's simple IF you know what you're doing
but if you don't, call an electrician. None of these jobs take long, but you'll likely pay for an hour + some travel fee; the plumber who helped me last fall charged 375 kr/hour (I believe that's relatively low) + 300 for the car, which can be a guideline.
You probably have to do something about the phone jack unless you can just place it on the nearest wall? Otherwise, the electrician should be able to advise something on that.
Ha, ha, the idea of the forum is that those of us who know something should take the time to answer, so it would be a darn shame if I just sat here and read
I have learned not to stick my fingers in sockets so NO I won't do it myself I'll call both a plumber and an electrician today
Thank you thank you
I'll call both a plumber and an electrician today Thank you thank you