Thanks for the responses everyone.
@HouseBoy, we do plan to carry out a site visit to fully assess the interior of the property. The architects drawings aren't the greatest, the floor plans only show new and not existing. They're putting a steel beam in across the dining - living room kitchen...
I realise the drawing makes it confusing as it doesn't show the full ground floor plan.
There is an internal load bearing well that acts as a buttress/lateral restraint in the double storey wall. So without the extension it's fine. However with the extension added to the second storey wall it...
The wall is indeed over 9m long. I've attached a very simplified version of the architects drawings. The drawings are not my property so I can't attach the full official drawings.
This is the building approvals comments on the length:
Please submit an assessment of the stability of the
existing...
Hello all,
My company is primarily involved in industrial design, however a friend of the company director is having an extension built so we've been given the work.
Part of the extension works means that one of the walls becomes longer than the standard 9m without buttressing. The client...
