Hey!
We live in a townhouse and the bedroom was (was) small with an old closet with a narrow door that we could barely use because it was so cramped. We wanted to open it up and have a larger bedroom. Now everything is ready with renovation plaster applied in the closet and the entire bedroom redecorated and a new floor.
The wall is a total of 4 m wide (the depth of the bedroom) and I have opened up about a total of 2.30 m (including the previous door opening of about 0.9 m) which is now a nice gaping hole into the old closet. During the process of tearing down the wall, I realized it was more load-bearing than I thought when the saw got stuck while sawing the last beam.
Since I assumed it wasn't a load-bearing wall from the start, I didn't contact anyone beforehand, just did the work and hoped not to encounter any problems.
In hindsight now, I'm wondering what could happen and what should I do?
We live in a townhouse and the bedroom was (was) small with an old closet with a narrow door that we could barely use because it was so cramped. We wanted to open it up and have a larger bedroom. Now everything is ready with renovation plaster applied in the closet and the entire bedroom redecorated and a new floor.
The wall is a total of 4 m wide (the depth of the bedroom) and I have opened up about a total of 2.30 m (including the previous door opening of about 0.9 m) which is now a nice gaping hole into the old closet. During the process of tearing down the wall, I realized it was more load-bearing than I thought when the saw got stuck while sawing the last beam.
Since I assumed it wasn't a load-bearing wall from the start, I didn't contact anyone beforehand, just did the work and hoped not to encounter any problems.
In hindsight now, I'm wondering what could happen and what should I do?
Do you mean that the room is completely finished and arranged now? In other words, you finished the whole room despite now suspecting that the wall you opened up is load-bearing?
To begin with, I would promptly check using drawings whether the wall is load-bearing or not. If it is load-bearing, then more information is needed for someone with engineering knowledge to calculate it. What is on the upper floor, wall materials, etc. A sketch or even better, a drawing would certainly help someone with knowledge to give you an answer in the right direction.
To begin with, I would promptly check using drawings whether the wall is load-bearing or not. If it is load-bearing, then more information is needed for someone with engineering knowledge to calculate it. What is on the upper floor, wall materials, etc. A sketch or even better, a drawing would certainly help someone with knowledge to give you an answer in the right direction.