"PeteZahut" wrote in message
. uk...
Just reading through some old threads on RSJ's and supporting walls.
What would be the correct way to knock down non load bearing walls?
Say for instance you wanted to make a sort of open plan kitchen/diner but
you still wanted them to be seperate rooms. To do this you leave say three
feet of one side of the wall, three feet the other and say 4 courses of
bricks at the top. Would you still need an rsj for that or would a length
of
4x4 be adaquate, the span would cover about 6 feet so not a huge amount of
weight on it.
Any ideas?
Pete

(1) I am not an engineer.

(2) Wouldn't it be easier to completely remove the non-loadbearing wall then
construct a stud wall of the design you require? No problems with supporting
a few courses of bricks near the ceiling then.

(3) I presume you would need some sort of lintel if you decided you wanted
to keep the bricks. Sounds like a lot of aggravation though.

(4) Are you absolutely SURE this wall isn't load bearing? Builders often
prefer stud walls for non load bearing applications .

HTH
Dave R