Hello!
I'm sitting and pondering solutions for the newly purchased townhouse. It has 2 floors plus a basement. Thus, there is a staircase going up that has almost the same design as this one, except the red-marked area is a full wall.
To my question, I know this depends on whether the wall is load-bearing or not (I assume)... but is it possible to remove that part and create a trellis instead? To make it feel less confined? Or is it too big a project that can't be done if the wall is load-bearing?
Hopefully, you understand what I mean... it's just the red-marked part that would be removed and made into a trellis.
How do you go about this?
I'm sitting and pondering solutions for the newly purchased townhouse. It has 2 floors plus a basement. Thus, there is a staircase going up that has almost the same design as this one, except the red-marked area is a full wall.
To my question, I know this depends on whether the wall is load-bearing or not (I assume)... but is it possible to remove that part and create a trellis instead? To make it feel less confined? Or is it too big a project that can't be done if the wall is load-bearing?
Hopefully, you understand what I mean... it's just the red-marked part that would be removed and made into a trellis.
How do you go about this?
It is possible to remove load-bearing walls as well, but then it becomes a larger project with a beam in the ceiling, and a structural engineer might need to calculate how big the beam needs to be.
Otherwise, it is not a very big project to remove a regular wall and put up a trellis instead if you are going to paint/wallpaper the rest of the wall and ceiling anyway.
Otherwise, it is not a very big project to remove a regular wall and put up a trellis instead if you are going to paint/wallpaper the rest of the wall and ceiling anyway.
Yes, that is true, but I will only remove part of the wall and make a trellis with copper pipes. However, I suppose one can make the base of the trellis with some stable molding/wood to create a nice partition. I will take a closer look at that, so far it is only in the planning stage.
When it comes to load-bearing walls, they are designed for the entire wall to be present, so even removing a small section means a beam is needed.
Regarding the trellis, the attachment and material must be such that a heavy person can fall against it without anything happening, and the gaps should be less than 10 (?) cm for child safety reasons.
Regarding the trellis, the attachment and material must be such that a heavy person can fall against it without anything happening, and the gaps should be less than 10 (?) cm for child safety reasons.
A floor plan of your house is needed to have a chance to determine if it is load-bearing or not. A picture of a trellis from another house is no clue at all. But if the house is built like the one in the picture, it's just a trellis that they have built in.
Of course, I would follow the regulations, but I prefer a dense trellis to a completely covering wall.
I didn't mean for the picture of another house to be helpful/clue; the picture is only to explain how it looks since I don't have access to mine yet. Mine also has a staircase below; that's not in the picture, so the picture is only an aesthetic visualization instead of trying to explain in text.
I didn't mean for the picture of another house to be helpful/clue; the picture is only to explain how it looks since I don't have access to mine yet. Mine also has a staircase below; that's not in the picture, so the picture is only an aesthetic visualization instead of trying to explain in text.