Hi, I'm in a top floor flat and want to take out an internal block wall to make the kitchen and living room open plan. The flat is quite large, probably 8m from front to back walls, so I'm thinking this wall is supporting. If this is the case should I be getting a structural engineer in to do proper calculations and look at getting steels? Would it be ok to leave the wall on the right and support the trusses using a laminate beam to the end wall on the left? Thanks in advance.
You need to get a structural engineer to look at this, do the calcs and specify what is needed, plus you will need Building Regs approval. Also, as you live in the flat, you may not own the roof space and certainly will be liable to the multiple building owners if anything goes wrong. Proceed with the utmost caution.