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lucky1007
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anyone knock down a wall between dining room and kitchen?
thinking about knocking down the wall between my formal dining room and kitchen (dining room is the first room you walk into and it just makes it seems so tight). We are thinking about putting in a kitchen island with seating instead of the wall.
Anyone do something similar?? Any clue how much it can cost?
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Posted 3/15/13 2:20 PM  |
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Ellynrose
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anyone knock down a wall between dining room and kitchen?
I did!! I couldn't tell you the cost because I redid my entire kitchen. You have to make sure the wall isn't a support beam or it'll cost you a lot more.
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| Posted 3/15/13 2:40 PM |
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GoldenRod
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Re: anyone knock down a wall between dining room and kitchen?
There's probably 3 categories it could fall under.
1) Non load-bearing. If it's not supporting anything, it's pretty cheap and easy to take it out.
2) Load bearing, but can use posts. If it's load bearing, but you're OK with some posts in strategic spots, you can just have a couple of simple headers to span the posts.
3) Load bearing, but no posts. If you want it wide open, with no posts, you'll need either a steel beam, or an engineered beam. That's the most $$, and the most amount of labor.
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| Posted 3/15/13 8:17 PM |
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SweetSarj
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Re: anyone knock down a wall between dining room and kitchen?
Posted by GoldenRod
There's probably 3 categories it could fall under.
1) Non load-bearing. If it's not supporting anything, it's pretty cheap and easy to take it out.
2) Load bearing, but can use posts. If it's load bearing, but you're OK with some posts in strategic spots, you can just have a couple of simple headers to span the posts.
3) Load bearing, but no posts. If you want it wide open, with no posts, you'll need either a steel beam, or an engineered beam. That's the most $$, and the most amount of labor.
We did this as a portion of a larger job . Removed a load bearing wall with no posts and put a header -steel beam- bw the kitchen and dining room and put an island instead. Option 3 stated by PP. It REALLY opens up the space. This is the most expensive of the options but well worth it.
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| Posted 3/15/13 10:44 PM |
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Palebride
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Re: anyone knock down a wall between dining room and kitchen?
We did and it's amazing! Opened up the space so much!!
We put in a peninsula where the wall used to be so we have extra counter space, extra cabinet space, and extra seating.
It was part of the whole kitchen renovation, so I can't say how much it cost by itself....but it was worth every cent!
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| Posted 3/15/13 11:08 PM |
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