Hello
I am planning to demolish a load-bearing concrete wall in my condominium.
I wonder if anyone here has experience using carbon fiber strip (cFRP) instead of a steel beam for reinforcement. (Read somewhere that a 1.4 mm carbon fiber strip can replace an 18cm I-beam).
I was a bit warned by byggarkivet.se that it might be more expensive with carbon fiber strips... but I've also read that since installation becomes simpler, the total cost shouldn't be much different.
I need to get an idea of the price structure and so on, before I ask an engineer to do the calculations.
Thanks in advance
I am planning to demolish a load-bearing concrete wall in my condominium.
I wonder if anyone here has experience using carbon fiber strip (cFRP) instead of a steel beam for reinforcement. (Read somewhere that a 1.4 mm carbon fiber strip can replace an 18cm I-beam).
I was a bit warned by byggarkivet.se that it might be more expensive with carbon fiber strips... but I've also read that since installation becomes simpler, the total cost shouldn't be much different.
I need to get an idea of the price structure and so on, before I ask an engineer to do the calculations.
Thanks in advance
I find it hard to imagine that you should be allowed to tear down the current wall at all. Which floor of how many is it on?