Load bearing bay window?

taffyapple

Hi all.

Im in the middle of replacing the windows in my home and the time has come to order a replacement bay. I would like someone who has experience with double glazing installs to pls advise me on whether this is classed as a load bearing bay? I dont think it is but I would like some other opinions pls.

Thanks in advance:money::money:

http://s1087.photobucket.com/albums/j472/looly2/?action=view&current=IMG_1776.jpg

akitabow

To me I would say it is not a load bearing bay however from the picture I am not 100% because you do not show if the bay has a lintel above or how the canopy is supported. The bay is very similar to mine so I would suggest the use of props to hold the top up while you replace them. You will need poles to connect the windows anyway so to be safe why not have them made with a mechanism that jacks up the top of the bay. Better be safe than sorry. If you're using a proper company to install them then they should be able to tell you.

ormus

very unlikely. the porch canopy seems top be supported by its own braces.

PasturesNew

It doesn't look it to me. If you look where the bay joins the wall, the bricks go behind the bay, which to me looks like it's a supported open gap in the wall, with a bay bunged on the front.

birkee

It's not a real bay window, but a square aperture in the house wall, with it's own lintel and a bay like window attached to the wall.
A load bearing bay, would almost certainly be accompanied by a bay window upstairs too, which is when and why it becomes 'load bearing'.

boogiemaster

The main braces are supporting the weight so i wouldn't worry.

I have a canopy above my door and the braces support the weight.

The canopy should support its own on not rely on the bay window.

I also notice you have some supports under it but i think that's just a feature.

taffyapple

Thank you all for your opinions. Very much appreciated

copier_guy

looks like it was snowing in that pic?

ormus

as above, a typical bay window is not load bearing in the normal sense.
hence why they tend to have a wooden frame/studs and drop tiles above the ground floor bay.
not much weight there.

(as per my own house).

taffyapple

copier_guy wrote: »

looks like it was snowing in that pic?

lol...it's was rain. Mind you, here in Wales we get rain the size of snowballs !!!:rotfl:

birkee

ormus wrote: »

as above, a typical bay window is not load bearing in the normal sense.
hence why they tend to have a wooden frame/studs and drop tiles above the ground floor bay.
not much weight there.

(as per my own house).

Then what supports the upper bay window and the apex above it?
Or have I misread your post?
The picture definately shows a load bearing bay window.