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Turn basement window into basement door with hole saw through concrete wall
I wonder if it affects the load-bearing capacity or anything else in the house's construction if I cut open the basement wall and turn the existing window into a door. The house was built in 1926, and the concrete wall is 40cm thick, the window's width is 60cm. This is in the basement level, and there are two floors above. The door will go from ceiling to floor. I attach a picture of what the window looks like today, and I will saw straight down through the wall all the way to the floor along the red lines I drew in the picture. Behind the window, there is a space I want to access, hence the door into there instead of a window.
Thanks-Per
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How could it have any impact? The wall under the window can hardly have any load-bearing function.
I don't think it affects the structural integrity either. But ring saw? Is it one of those silly wires with 2 rings at the ends? If it's concrete, forget it and rent a drill machine and seal the door to the house with tape when you go in.
We did the same (outer wall), used a larger model angle grinder with a stone cutting disc. There were large stones up to 30cm in the wall that I cut with the cutting disc to get an even opening. The house was built in 1922.
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