Removing Load Bearing Wall

troffasky

The walls it's perpendicular to?

EachPenny

malc_b wrote: »

Yes you can remove the pillars but is it more costly.
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So yes it can be done but it sounds like you need a better builder and it might need next door's agreement. Plus it would cost more.

Removing the pillars is only possible if the walls they connect to have sufficient lateral stability to not need the support they provide. A structural engineer will advise whether this is the case.

The OP needs a structural engineer, not a better builder.

troffasky wrote: »

The walls it's perpendicular to?

...or a vertical continuation of the wall through the first floor above.

If this is the case - and lateral stability is not an issue - then a structural engineer might suggest removing the first floor wall as well (replacing it with a lightweight partition) rather than carrying out engineering work on the ground floor to support it.

Sometimes it pays to ask an engineer rather than a builder

scumboss

https://www.istructe.org/finding-a-structural-engineer

Get a qualified structural engineer in. This is the most important part of your works so get it done properly. Use the above website. For reference it cost us £300 for an engineer in to take a look and produce the calcs.