Nanopixel
2023-02-16 23:59:52
- #1
Hello,
in the house I have owned for about three years (built around 1970) I would like to make a small change in the attic. It concerns the following: In the large living room of the attic (which extends across the entire width of the house) the knee wall (is that the right term?) has been set inward so far that there is a huge unused area behind it. Presumably so that there is almost no sloping roof in this room.
I would like to install a 70 cm wide door in this side wall, which is about 160 cm high, so that the room behind can at least be used as storage. After a test drill, I found out that this wall is 16 cm thick and built with classic hollow blocks. Now I wonder if this wall might have a load-bearing role and if creating an opening for the door could cause me major problems.
Or whether one could say, regardless of whether it is load-bearing or not, a 70 cm opening wouldn’t cause any problems anyway...
The old building plans from the 60s do not contain a floor plan for the attic, only a side view which I am attaching. No idea if this says anything.
What is your opinion on this?
Best regards
N
in the house I have owned for about three years (built around 1970) I would like to make a small change in the attic. It concerns the following: In the large living room of the attic (which extends across the entire width of the house) the knee wall (is that the right term?) has been set inward so far that there is a huge unused area behind it. Presumably so that there is almost no sloping roof in this room.
I would like to install a 70 cm wide door in this side wall, which is about 160 cm high, so that the room behind can at least be used as storage. After a test drill, I found out that this wall is 16 cm thick and built with classic hollow blocks. Now I wonder if this wall might have a load-bearing role and if creating an opening for the door could cause me major problems.
Or whether one could say, regardless of whether it is load-bearing or not, a 70 cm opening wouldn’t cause any problems anyway...
The old building plans from the 60s do not contain a floor plan for the attic, only a side view which I am attaching. No idea if this says anything.
What is your opinion on this?
Best regards
N