Cost of taking down load bearing wall & small build.

Claude Burgundy

Hi all,

Looking for a price of getting a load bearing concrete wall taken down from our kitchen to our playroom.

The wall is 3.88m wide.

We would push back and put up a studded wall in its place about 1.2m back.

The door that was into the kitchen would stay.

Also we would like to push out our kitchen and add on about 4 SM.

Any helps would be great.

mickdw

Claude Burgundy wrote: »

Hi all,

Looking for a price of getting a load bearing concrete wall taken down from our kitchen to our playroom.

The wall is 3.88m wide.

We would push back and put up a studded wall in its place about 1.2m back.

The door that was into the kitchen would stay.

Also we would like to push out our kitchen and add on about 4 SM.

Any helps would be great.

Do you mean a new build also of about 4 sqm or just push your kitchen into the area where you moved the wall?

Claude Burgundy

mickdw wrote: »

Do you mean a new build also of about 4 sqm or just push your kitchen into the area where you moved the wall?

Sorry it would be to push out the kitchen.

The kitchen is 6.3m long ( at the moment ), we would push out part of that wall so a section of the room would be 5m wide and not 3.88 like the rest of the room if you get me ?

So instead of being long and straight it would be a slight "L"

Gumbo

15k give or take.

Claude Burgundy

kceire wrote: »

15k give or take.

Wow i find that very high, i got much bigger job priced less than 12 months ago and it was less than that.

Gumbo

Claude Burgundy wrote: »

Wow i find that very high, i got much bigger job priced less than 12 months ago and it was less than that.

Beer mat calculation with the info supplied.

demolition.
temp works to support existing joists.
steel beam inserted and the posts to bear the beam onto.

4 Sq. M extension in itself will be about 8k in itself based on a 2 Sq. M quote I tendered out last week.

Are you going to bury the beam in the existing joists?
will the back wall require steel also?
finishes and then making good the areas that were worked on.

May be a bit less, but without 3 proper quotes from people on the ground, all you will get is ball park prices here.

Claude Burgundy

kceire wrote: »

Beer mat calculation with the info supplied.

demolition.
temp works to support existing joists.
steel beam inserted and the posts to bear the beam onto.

4 Sq. M extension in itself will be about 8k in itself based on a 2 Sq. M quote I tendered out last week.

Are you going to bury the beam in the existing joists?
will the back wall require steel also?
finishes and then making good the areas that were worked on.

May be a bit less, but without 3 proper quotes from people on the ground, all you will get is ball park prices here.

Ya bury beam in the existing joints to have a clean look.

The other wall will need steel.

mickdw

Claude Burgundy wrote: »

Ya bury beam in the existing joints to have a clean look.

The other wall will need steel.

Alot more cost associated with chopping into the ceiling to get the flush ceiling compared to just putting a beam underneath but no doubt it's the best solution

BryanF

Claude Burgundy wrote: »

Wow i find that very high, i got much bigger job priced less than 12 months ago and it was less than that.

Priced or constructed?

Claude Burgundy

BryanF wrote: »

Priced or constructed?

Priced, we changed our plans

Gumbo

Claude Burgundy wrote: »

Ya bury beam in the existing joints to have a clean look.

The other wall will need steel.

requires steel with maybe a plate welded to the bottom to catch the joists.
As I said, Its a ball park price based on the info you supplied, and I think I wouldn't be too far our again you tile, paint, roof etc etc

Claude Burgundy

kceire wrote: »

requires steel with maybe a plate welded to the bottom to catch the joists.
As I said, Its a ball park price based on the info you supplied, and I think I wouldn't be too far our again you tile, paint, roof etc etc

I have a family tiler, nephew is a painter etc so trying to cut costs where i can but still use skilled persons.

Thanks for your posts, at least i won't fall over when i'm giving prices.

I could price it out one by one and run it myself but i wouldn't think that is possible with my current personal work load.

mickdw

Just be careful and go with recommended builder.
I've seen way too many people go with the builder with the fancy company name, the polished brochures and the best line of bullsh1t only to leave seriously substandard works behind.

Gumbo

mickdw wrote: »

Just be careful and go with recommended builder.
I've seen way too many people go with the builder with the fancy company name, the polished brochures and the best line of bullsh1t only to leave seriously substandard works behind.

Unfortunately this post speaks the truth. I've seen it here in Dublin a few times.

mickdw

kceire wrote: »

Unfortunately this post speaks the truth. I've seen it here in Dublin a few times.

Unfortunately, it's dublin I've seen it most. The real cowboys don't seem to take on one off house builds, it's all these small extensions where they can operate on very little credit with poor tradesmen and get away with it.

Gumbo

mickdw wrote: »

Unfortunately, it's dublin I've seen it most. The real cowboys don't seem to take on one off house builds, it's all these small extensions where they can operate on very little credit with poor tradesmen and get away with it.

This is it, no planning involved and no designer or supervision. The problem is when the home owner cops on that they should have had professional representation, it's almost too late to do anything!

Claude Burgundy

kceire wrote: »

Unfortunately this post speaks the truth. I've seen it here in Dublin a few times.

Lucky i'm in a country area and know most of the builders personally and know their previous work !