OzCi1305
2024-09-11 15:07:57
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Hello everyone,
A few weeks ago, I acquired a house with a granny flat. As part of the renovation work, I want to redesign the entrance area to the house.
When entering the house, you go left up the curved stairs to the attic. Since I want to rent out the attic as a separate apartment, I want to redesign the entrance area so that the ground floor and the attic each have their own entrance doors.
The plan is as follows:
This way, both apartments would have separate entrances.
The exterior wall consists of 30cm pumice stone. The new wall to be built should be made of 17.5cm thick solid sand-lime plan bricks. Afterwards, the house including the extension will be insulated with 12cm ETICS.
Now I have a few questions regarding the execution of my plan:
1. Should the short side of the wall be connected to the house, or is it better to create an expansion joint here?
2. The long side of the wall will later be partly an exterior wall and partly (after the entrance door) an interior wall. Is the wall allowed to be continuous in such a case? Or should the wall stop at the door and then a new interior wall with an expansion joint be built?
3. Topic ring beam/ring anchor: I have often read that a ring beam must always be closed. However, this is not possible in this case as I only want to build 3 walls. What would you do in this case?
I hope I was able to convey my plan clearly. I look forward to your expertise.
A few weeks ago, I acquired a house with a granny flat. As part of the renovation work, I want to redesign the entrance area to the house.
When entering the house, you go left up the curved stairs to the attic. Since I want to rent out the attic as a separate apartment, I want to redesign the entrance area so that the ground floor and the attic each have their own entrance doors.
The plan is as follows:
[*]The curved wooden staircase will be replaced by a straight metal stringer staircase.
[*]The front door with side panel will be removed.
[*]The glass vestibule will be removed.
[*]The brickwork made of clinker bricks will be partially removed.
[*]A new wall will be built.
[*]The floor inside, on which the wall is to be erected, is a hollow block concrete ceiling. The wall will be built exactly on a concrete beam of the floor. Since the span of the concrete beam is very large, I would build a support under the floor, i.e. in the basement, to support the additional weight of the wall.
[*]Subsequently, a shed roof will be installed. The shed roof is intended to serve as the roof for the entrance area of the attic apartment but will be extended long enough to cover the staircase leading to the entrance area.
This way, both apartments would have separate entrances.
The exterior wall consists of 30cm pumice stone. The new wall to be built should be made of 17.5cm thick solid sand-lime plan bricks. Afterwards, the house including the extension will be insulated with 12cm ETICS.
Now I have a few questions regarding the execution of my plan:
1. Should the short side of the wall be connected to the house, or is it better to create an expansion joint here?
2. The long side of the wall will later be partly an exterior wall and partly (after the entrance door) an interior wall. Is the wall allowed to be continuous in such a case? Or should the wall stop at the door and then a new interior wall with an expansion joint be built?
3. Topic ring beam/ring anchor: I have often read that a ring beam must always be closed. However, this is not possible in this case as I only want to build 3 walls. What would you do in this case?
I hope I was able to convey my plan clearly. I look forward to your expertise.