Jduncan

no it’s rack panels. If it was for cabinets it would have been the other side

The stud wall was put in by the builder. Just measured and they are 550 apart. Don’t know where the 900 chat is coming from. the OSB defeats the need for noggins? But even so they are present. Just below the kitchen unit height

sorry poor drawing on the plan. There is a door from the hallway to the livingroom. I get the points about going through rooms etc. the garage conversion is currently our play room. So we need to go through the utility room to get into it. Without ripping out the relocating the WC this is the only way. I feel the livingroom, kitchen, playroom flows a lot nicer than Kitchen, utility, playroom. Got a structural engineer coming out this week and had a family friend come in who’s done similar work who’s said it will probably need steel goalposts.

Yeah going to have a feel up at the downlights just now. Contacted a couple local structural engineers so hopefully hear back this week. Yeah my thought process is the OSB is there for a reason so must be serving a purpose. it is a part of a bigger development. My house type has 2 floor and 3 floor option. We are in a 3 floor - which might be why we have the OSB in place

Detached house

It’s a 3 story plan. The garage conversion has already been done. All doors are fire rated. The kitchen to utility room knock through is a common alteration in my house type. I’ve seen a lot of people do what I’ve wanted to do jus the other way around with the garage instead of the kitchen - without the hallway block off.

I thought the OSB took away the need for noggins? I’ll open it up this morning and post a picture. Going to double check what way the joists run for the first floor

Hi all, We are currently trying to give our downstairs a more open feel so are moving doorways and taking down a wall or 2. I’ve attached the plan we are aiming to achieve. While removing plasterboard between the kitchen and livingroom noticed some OSB in the wall. I thought it was just behind the hob section but it’s across the whole all. I’ve stripped back where we want the opening - from the kitchen units to half way through the radiator (where it meets the hallway wall). The house is new build 5 years old. Doing some quick research it seems that this wall is load baring and I’ll need to get a structural Engineer and get a beam placed? The opening is 2m While we wait on the structural engineer etc I’m assuming it’s ok to remove the OSB as long as the stud work remains until we can replace it with a recommended beam?