Merging Window and door for 1 large opening
Hi All,
Just finnished my first major renovation project - fixing our floor and polishing the orginal boards... now my mind is moving onto the next thing...
I plan to build a deck out the front straight off the living room, there is already a small "verandah" there but its good for not much...
Anyway my reason for posting in here is the wall from the living room to where the deck will be has a door at one end, then 1500mm wall and then 2100mm window the window starts about 1ft off the ground and the top is level with the top of the door. I would like to remove the wall below the window and the wall between the window and door making 1 large opening that I can then put bi folding doors into. I have never done or had done anything structural like this to a house before so I don't even know where to begin, I am guessing its a job for a professional and that a large beam would be installed across the new opening or similar? oh yeh, i should add the house is timber frame with weatherboard cladding on the outside - no bricks involved...
Any information is greatly appreciated... I can take a pic and post if it helps in anyway...