Reinstating wall

[Bart C]

What's the best way of re-instating an interior load-bearing wall that has been removed with a RSJ fitted? I'd prefer to leave the RSJ in place -- they're heavy.

Thanks

Bart C

[Bart C]

What's the best way of re-instating an interior load-bearing wall that has been removed with a RSJ fitted? I'd prefer to leave the RSJ in place -- they're heavy.

Thanks

Bart C

[Chris Bacon]

They're not that heavy.

Why can't you just brick up under it, and tie it in to the RSJ where (if) needed?

[Nick H]

What will the wall do i.e. is it between two bedrooms for instance o between lounge and dining room . How big is the wall going to be , length and hieght

-- Nick H

[Lobster]

Certainly no need to remove the old RSJ. The easiest way to fill the gap would be to us stud partition with plasterboard; however the best way (and that's what you asked) would be to fill the gap with the similar material to what's been used for the original wall. Apart from anything else, you're less likely to end up with cracked plaster on the surface at the interface between two different materials (which is very likely to happen if you stud partition it)

David

[Set Square]

If you leave the RSJ in place, the wall *isn't* load bearing - by definition since it isn't even *there* at the moment.

So if you simply want to sub-divide the area again, you can fill in the space under the RSJ with whatever is easiest - probably either stud partition or blocks.

[Rick]

Find the bottom on the orignal wall, clean it, clean all the plaster and stuff off the mating surfaces, and then brick/block up, using ties to tie the new blocks into the old wall.

Rick

[Christian McArdle]

Either stud partition or use thermal concrete blocks, whichever suits your set of skills.

Christian.