Can a floor be both timber and concrete

sxp842

Hi all

My partner and I are in the process of buying a 1st floor flat, but it needs complete renovation and there is an internal wall that we want to remove. We’ve had a structural engineer assess the wall and he’s confirmed it’s not load-bearing. But the landlord is saying he can’t accept the engineer’s report.

Basically, the engineer took of the plaster to expose the ceiling and found the ceiling around the wall was concrete. However the landlord is saying that floor is made of timber joists, not concrete.

Is it possible for a floor/ceiling to be both timber and concrete?

Doozergirl

Buildings with timber floors still have masonry walls.

I'm not really sure what the question is. You said the SE looked at the ceiling but the (freeholder) talked about the floor?!

What exactly does the SE say in his letter and why exactly does the freeholder refute it?

Get them both involved in an email conversation and they can fight it out.

stuart45

Is it a purpose built block of flats. Many of the older ones put up in the 60's and 70's had concrete floors with reinforced concrete spanning to the external walls, making the partition walls non load bearing.

AdrianC

Doozergirl wrote: »

I'm not really sure what the question is. You said the SE looked at the ceiling but the (freeholder) talked about the floor?!

It's probably a safe bet that the floor between the 1st and 2nd floors is constructed similarly to the floor between the 2nd and 3rd floors...

scottishblondie

In my husband’s flat (a 1950s purpose built council block) the floors were made up of what looked like reinforced concrete panels with timber joists sitting on top supporting the wooden floorboards. So I guess the answer is yes, they can contain concrete and timber. I’m no structural engineer though. Did the one you had out to look have previous experience in whatever type/era or building this flat is in?