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Andrew Barnes wrote:
It is a solid brick wall (single thickness) supporting a similarly sized
wall above. The joists upstairs run parallel to it, as do those in the
loft, so I assume there is no load from the floors on it?

The wall is between my kitchen and dining room, I wish to make a
kitchen-diner.

I'm willing to bet anything you can buy of that length (2m) will be fine.

The calcs need to satisfy a building officer!

But my bet won't. ;-)

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