Hello, I have some questions and considerations about a wall that I assume is load-bearing or supportive in some way.
The house is from around 1920 and is made of unburnt brick/clay brick. The wall in question is also made of this and there's a moisture problem. It's crumbling from the floor up about 50cm, and yes, I simply want to remove it to open up between the kitchen and the room next to it. I've opened up the boards in the unfinished attic. There are 3 beams crossing this wall, spaced at 90cm apart. The wall in question is approximately 3.7m that I want to remove. It has a crawl space or ventilated foundation, I don't know which. Half of the kitchen has a concrete slab as I perceive it, and the other half has a small cellar underneath with wooden flooring above. So you can see wooden flooring on half of the kitchen and a slab on the other half, where you can place supports taking two of the beams. But the 3rd beam has the cellar underneath, and in the other room, there is wooden flooring throughout and probably an air space?
How should one support this beam? And be sure it won't break? The floor is not in good condition in the adjacent room, so I plan to tear it up and replace it at the same time. Then I want to install a glulam beam. With support posts on each side. What sizes should I use? For the glulam beam and the posts? And I'm a bit skeptical about the placement of the posts because they would be where the wall stands which I assume goes down to the ground considering the moisture comes from below? It doesn't feel very secure to place the posts there if you tear down to floor level. Any tips are welcome both on the dimensioning of posts and beams, as well as where and how to place supports to remove the wall? Where the cellar is or where the floor is only wood and probably not so healthy? Is there anything else I should consider or think about?
