I have an old farmhouse, and I'd like to remove a section of wall. The wall is made of stone - I have no idea of the quality of the stone, I just know it's about 2 ft thick. Years ago a small addition was added to the house, and that addition was made into a kitchen, and it joined the rest of the house thru a doorway in the wall that I want to remove. The reason that I want to remove the wall is that my kitchen is small - the table is a special order cause it's so small. I want to make the kitchen and dining room into one room. Right now the dining room is a lot of wasted space, but the wall stands in my way. How do I remove the wall without having the house fall down? I know that I have to support the load on each side, but as I remove the stones from the 1st floor area, what's to keep them from falling above me? I haven't done any exact measuring, but I'd bet that the section that I need to remove is about 10ft. I know I can do small sections and then support each one, but how do I get me final beams in place then? Is there anywhere that I can find more info? Most everything I have found is just related to stud type walls.
Rodney
Rodney