Relieve opening in plank wall

cederbusch · 2014-04-04T20:27:21+00:00

This question has been asked before, but I'm not getting the details I need to understand. My house from '36 consists of plank walls on a basement foundation, 1 ½ floors. I want to make an opening, 150 cm, in a load-bearing exterior wall. No windows in the immediate vicinity. The question is how I can/need to relieve the opening. The neighbor, whose house was built at the same time, tore down his facade last year and it showed that the floor joists between the floors rested directly on the plank wall, i.e., no horizontal beam, so I assume it's the same for my house. I guess I therefore need to relieve before I start sawing. But how? Notching and embedding are usually the recommendations, but what does that mean in practice? And does it have to be done from both sides? The facade consists of asbestos cement on old paneling, so I can open that up, but inside it has been renovated, so I would like to keep the damage there as low as possible. Or make the hole + space for posts and embed a beam in these? Meanwhile, relieve with props in the ceiling to support the floor joists? The plank wall is nailed at an angle so it should hold together well. What do the experts say?

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14 Apr 2014 at 10:15 AM

cederbusch

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14 Apr 2014 at 10:15 AM

Thank you!

Relieve opening in plank wall

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