Load bearing wall?

Cheers @mcarthur. He's not doing the painting. Not sure if any painting is reuqired either since i requested for the beam to be exposed. he's going to laminate two Tassie oak beams , same as my floors so should look pretty cool once done!

 

OK. I meant on the walls after the plastering is done. If they are good, there shouldn't be too much plastering and if they do *that* well, then you could slap on a little paint yourself as well. I'm presuming they'll open up the wall-ends to insert some more studs for the LVLs to rest on... Also, for the one I've done, the floor under the existing wall was open afterwards (ie. the bottom plate was directly on the piers underneath), so floorboards to match the existing floors were needed to fill in the gaps.

 

The place is due for a repaint soon and i actually got a local painter to come have a look and give me a quote so painting should be covered later on He took his time thinking about the plastering and he seems like he knows what he's doing so fingers crossed it will pan up well.
As for the cavities in the floorboards under the walls, we discussed that and he'll try and get an exact match otherwise i would need to hunt for some!
Only concern is that i sanded/polished the wood floors months ago and was thinking maybe i should get some floor protectors from bunnings just in case

 

Work finally started today! What a difference!

 

I am also in the process of removing two walls around kitchen to make open plan living. Any suggestions for reliable and reasonable builders in sydney region. Thanks

 

Sorry, i'm in Melbourne and don't know any Sydney builders

 

Which Sydney area do you live in? Not sure if you’ve found a builder yet to remove your walls but if you’re around the North Shore, Northern Suburbs, there’s MKA Constructions who do a lot of wall removals. They removed a big wall between the kitchen and the living room at my in-laws and they did a great job. Here’s their website Wall Removal | Northern Beaches, North Shore & Northern Suburbs. Hope this helps!

 

Paul would you mind sending the details of the builder you used to remove the wall? I am thinking of doing something similar. Thank you!

 

No worries and I'll private message you. Cheers

 

Paul would you mind sending me those details as well? I have a wall I need to take out similar to above!

 

No probs Kristen, i'll send you the details.

Cheers

 

Might as well jump on the bandwagon. Paul could you shoot me through the details of the builder and engineer you used? Cheers

 

Hey mate, is that LVL totally veneered in Tassy Oak so it looks likes a solid beam or can you still see the laminations from underneath? Any idea where your builder got it?

Cheers,

 

That is a cut roof, not truss, many internal walls will be load carrying, so you will need to support anything that is carrying weight.

 

It's two laminated Tassie oak beams and yup you can definitely see they are laminated from underneath. I wanted a natural look that goes really well with the Tassie oak floor boards

 

I wish I had joined this forum earlier! So much useful information!

paulF, would you mind sending me the details of the builder and engineer you used to remove the wall too, please? I am also thinking of doing something similar. Thank you very much in advance!

 

Hahaha too funny, start charging a finders fee.

 

No worries @hellibelli , I'll private message the details

 

And should start charging commission from the builder too

I'm actually very happy for him and hope that he's actually getting all these jobs

 

Thank you so much, paulF! Very much appreciated