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2021-05-19 19:35:18
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Hello everyone,
Last year in the fall, I had an old house (19th century +/-) demolished, which was a building between two other houses (party wall construction). On the left, there was a gap of about 5-10 cm between the two walls, so no problem.
The demolition company had concerns about the house on the right, but this only became apparent during the demolition. Both house walls are built against each other, presumably interlocked, but uncertain. It is certain that in the attic of the neighboring house, after removing my house wall, only one house wall thickness of the neighbor remains, about 10+ cm. Probably more on the ground floor. In addition, the person responsible from the demolition company also had concerns that the neighbor’s wall itself might not be stable.
In the end, my house wall was initially left standing, with basically remnants of the wall on the front and back, which are supposed to act as wedges, and two struts were installed as additional supports.
Whether all this is even necessary is unclear and was done purely as a precaution.
Now I would like to rebuild, but first I want to find solutions for the wall, how to proceed from here, or I had long thought that the new house could simply support everything again, but after some discussions, this is probably not the case.
Who is the right contact person to work out a solution with me? A structural engineer, a building surveyor?
(At least the side "wedges" and struts should be removed, so that the rest of my old house wall remains standing in the end, which I could live with.)
To what extent is the neighbor actually also responsible? Doesn’t a house have to be self-supporting? Or is this entirely my problem? Of course, I want to find a mutually satisfactory solution.
Thanks to you
Last year in the fall, I had an old house (19th century +/-) demolished, which was a building between two other houses (party wall construction). On the left, there was a gap of about 5-10 cm between the two walls, so no problem.
The demolition company had concerns about the house on the right, but this only became apparent during the demolition. Both house walls are built against each other, presumably interlocked, but uncertain. It is certain that in the attic of the neighboring house, after removing my house wall, only one house wall thickness of the neighbor remains, about 10+ cm. Probably more on the ground floor. In addition, the person responsible from the demolition company also had concerns that the neighbor’s wall itself might not be stable.
In the end, my house wall was initially left standing, with basically remnants of the wall on the front and back, which are supposed to act as wedges, and two struts were installed as additional supports.
Whether all this is even necessary is unclear and was done purely as a precaution.
Now I would like to rebuild, but first I want to find solutions for the wall, how to proceed from here, or I had long thought that the new house could simply support everything again, but after some discussions, this is probably not the case.
Who is the right contact person to work out a solution with me? A structural engineer, a building surveyor?
(At least the side "wedges" and struts should be removed, so that the rest of my old house wall remains standing in the end, which I could live with.)
To what extent is the neighbor actually also responsible? Doesn’t a house have to be self-supporting? Or is this entirely my problem? Of course, I want to find a mutually satisfactory solution.
Thanks to you