Vague idea on how much to get rid a wall?

[flownthecoopkiwi]

Our kitchen and utility room are in the back of a single storey bit with double garage in front. We would like to possibly knock out the wall in between the two rooms to get a bigger kitchen. Only supports the roof perhaps?

Wall is 3.5 long. Redoing kitchen anyway. Picture attached.

Do you know which way your beams run in your ceiling? Most likely front to back but, you can never be too sure.

They're front to back in the garage bit at least

I'd have thought it isn't load bearing. What age is the house? If it's relatively new then it will most likely be a stud wall if not load bearing and if you knock on it it will sound different to your main walls.

It isn't a supporting wall then. As overthehill said, it could just be a studded wall. Just knock on it to see if it sounds hollow or hard brick.

Built 1970

We're paying less than £7k for knocking down 2 small walls, bricking up a doorway, inserting a supporting beam and plastering over both sides of that wall. In the south east if that makes a difference.

1970 it could be stud or could be block so might sound like a solid wall when it's not really doing anything. If there's a loft hatch you could stick your head up there to see what's going on.

Assuming it's not load bearing then the cost shouldn't be much for the removal itself, a few hundred quid or so. It's more whether you include making good with the ceiling, replastering etc.

If it's a supporting wall £3k, to include buildings regs and structural engineers calculations a new beam put in by a builder and a plasterer to finish.

We did this a couple of years ago but did it by getting each person in ourselves that her than getting someone in to do it all.

We live in an ancient house, so all our internal walls are tongue and groove. We did it ourselves with a sledgehammer. Unhelpful

We live in an ancient house, so all our internal walls are tongue and groove. We did it ourselves with a sledgehammer. Unhelpful

It won't be a supporting wall so, if it's breeze block, sledgehammer and skip or, if plasterboard, hammer and trip to the tip.
You'll just need a plasterer to come in and make good.

Do you need building regs if non supporting?

No. You're not altering the structure of your house or extending.

I would get an expert's advice irl to be sure it isn't supporting before you take a sledgehammer to it !