Myself and Husband are currently renovating our house that we bought and moved into in 2019. After moving in we had plans drawn up and instructed a Structural Engineer. The house is of stone construction but the internal walls are made from poured concrete. In order to remodel the house we needed to demolish seven walls. The good news is that only one of the seven walls was load bearing. The bad news is that five of the walls were concrete. Imagine our delight to discover two walls were of brick construction. Happy days. Six walls down now, only one left to go. I enjoy reading the posts on this forum and I have learned so much but if anybody needs any advice about demolishing concrete walls please do ask.

Welcome.

 

One of the things I've learnt is you never know what's behind the paint!

 

M.

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The title of your post made me click on it.  I wish more people had your approach. I'm eight years in  to our new build. I used to teach at  local universities, the OH still does. We recon that - if you're new to building - it takes about as much effort to manage and build a new house (project manage and DIY) as it does to get a doctorate.

But the building process hits your bank balance much harder than mere study and research.