Develop what it is you want to do. It doesn't look like you have an actual heart wall but more like a former exterior wall you're referring to? I would probably recommend that you contact a structural engineer before you tear down a load-bearing wall.
I want to remove the heart wall if possible so that the two rooms become one large one, or if I need to insert a beam? Then I wonder if the beams on either side of the wall can handle the force if the wall is demolished since the joists rest on the wall I plan to remove. Should one use a steel beam or should one use a glulam beam if a beam is needed?
Hello again!Tumstocke said:
You absolutely need a beam to transfer the loads that the load-bearing wall carries down. Depending on what material the house is constructed from, you can choose the beam and its sizing. There are tables for that. But as mentioned, according to your drawings, it is not a 'center wall'... Center walls are always located in the middle of a house and take up loads together with the outer walls. Your wall is in line with an outer wall and is therefore not a center wall but a load-bearing wall. (note, not center wall as you're writing
).So, depending on what material your house is built from, you can choose the size of the opening and the beam material as well as its sizing. It is easier if it is a wooden house... that has a brick basement, for example, than a house that is completely made of brick.
Contact a structural engineer to be completely sure it can be done!