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How to widen doorway / remove part of external wall

Anonymous user 09/03/2024 - 2.58 PM

Hi there, I was wondering if someone might be able to help me out - we're considering knock out some walls in our house to make some of the ground floor open-plan. We have a rear kitchen extension, and I wish to knock out some walls so our dining room flows into the kitchen. You can see from pics below - I want to knock out the internal wall to the left (which should be straightforward, it's hollow) [IMG]http://tinypic.com/r/2wbus1d/9[/IMG] Then as you can see in second pic, knock out part of the second wall, which is an old external wall - approx 110cm. [IMG]http://tinypic.com/r/103ernp/9[/IMG] My question is - will I need steels, or will doorway lintel suffice? How big a job is this (live in East London)? The space above the current doorway seems to be very hollow, so don't know if a steel is currently in place anyway? The external wall in the kitchen is most defo brick all the way through