Hello
I have closed up an old door opening to a former sauna and opened a new hole in another wall. It turned out that this had been a door opening once when the house was newly built. The hole is 200cm minus 4 cm, which today is a stud at the floor. Since there's platon+parquet outside and there will be tiles+underfloor heating inside, this stud fits quite well, I think. So, the actual door opening is 196cm. I have a door with a frame height of 199cm, which I believe was fitted there before. The door is renovated and looks nice. To fit the door, I should cut about 3 cm at the bottom of the frame and the door leaf, but I'm hesitant because the door would be too low, in my opinion.
The alternative is to make the hole higher, but then I reach a load-bearing beam. This is in my basement if that wasn’t clear earlier. The beam is 16.5*6.5cm, and the studs on the sides of the door opening are 12*4.5 cm. 20 cm from the door opening, the wood beam transitions to a steel beam, and this rests on a stud measuring 12*10 cm.
As I see it, there shouldn't be any problems sawing 3 cm from the beam regarding strength issues, but it may not be allowed to make such modifications, and there might be rules for how it should be reinforced.
I am quite tall myself and prioritize the door's height and would like to cut the beam to gain height. However, I don't want to mess with the beam if it could cause problems later if we are to sell the house.
What to do??
//Pehr
I have closed up an old door opening to a former sauna and opened a new hole in another wall. It turned out that this had been a door opening once when the house was newly built. The hole is 200cm minus 4 cm, which today is a stud at the floor. Since there's platon+parquet outside and there will be tiles+underfloor heating inside, this stud fits quite well, I think. So, the actual door opening is 196cm. I have a door with a frame height of 199cm, which I believe was fitted there before. The door is renovated and looks nice. To fit the door, I should cut about 3 cm at the bottom of the frame and the door leaf, but I'm hesitant because the door would be too low, in my opinion.
The alternative is to make the hole higher, but then I reach a load-bearing beam. This is in my basement if that wasn’t clear earlier. The beam is 16.5*6.5cm, and the studs on the sides of the door opening are 12*4.5 cm. 20 cm from the door opening, the wood beam transitions to a steel beam, and this rests on a stud measuring 12*10 cm.
As I see it, there shouldn't be any problems sawing 3 cm from the beam regarding strength issues, but it may not be allowed to make such modifications, and there might be rules for how it should be reinforced.
I am quite tall myself and prioritize the door's height and would like to cut the beam to gain height. However, I don't want to mess with the beam if it could cause problems later if we are to sell the house.
What to do??
//Pehr
