I'm sitting and tinkering a bit and am worried about an upcoming demolition of a load-bearing wall. The house is a rendered wooden house with three floors, and in the basement, I plan to demolish a wall of about 1.80 cm and replace it with an H-beam of about 2.5 meters.
Does anyone have experience or any idea of how thick the beam needs to be to support the house? We've found a 14x14 H-beam with 1cm thickness at a great price, do you think that would be enough?
Part of the wall will remain on either side of the beam (about 1 meter + 60cm) and additionally, one part connects to the chimney. The length of the entire lower floor, including the chimney, is approximately 5 meters of which 2.5 meters will be opened up. Any advice, anyone?
Does anyone have experience or any idea of how thick the beam needs to be to support the house? We've found a 14x14 H-beam with 1cm thickness at a great price, do you think that would be enough?
Part of the wall will remain on either side of the beam (about 1 meter + 60cm) and additionally, one part connects to the chimney. The length of the entire lower floor, including the chimney, is approximately 5 meters of which 2.5 meters will be opened up. Any advice, anyone?