thanks for info i am away in thailand for 2 weeks from today for an operation / holiday will attend to works upon return
have spoken to partner in crime and he has suggested a combination of ideas
ie internally a scaffold board floor and ceiling plate with acrow jacks supporting and then...
thanks for dvice i only have space on outside wall as lintel already encroaches upon ceiling area inside room
i was under the impression that taking the weight of the ceiling / floor in the room with the existing opening would allow work to be carried out but i now understand that the weight...
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i was thinking of shoring internally the room with a wall plate a floor plate and 4x2" struts every 3 ft about 1 ft from the wall face
but it is a cavity wall so i was worried about supporting the external wall
eventually i will be leaving a horizontal bearer timber in place to allow...
we are contemplatine extending a door opening by 2 feet the existing lintel is a catnic steel type how do we shore the inside buildibng and the outside wall to allow removeal of the existing lintel and insertion of a new longer deeper lintle?
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