Open Plan Wall Alterations
Removing a wall and moving a doorway
Busselton
Have a wall or doorway that you want changed, moved or even removed altogether?
We recently completed a wall removal and doorway move at a home in Busselton where our Clients wanted to expand their living area and change the doorway to a bedroom from their entry near their main doors, to a hallway that ran off it.
After determining the new location for the door, our Team cut out the required brickwork and inserted a new frame. Once this was done, the original frame was removed and the doorway was bricked up and later plastered along with any gaps around the new frame.
In the living area, we were asked to remove the dividing wall between the main lounge room and the neighbouring games room to create a larger open plan living area.
After an inspection of the roof construction to determine our method of removing the wall, we reviewed the house plans and consulted an Engineer to find the appropriate steel beam to support the roof after the wall's removal.
Once the new beam was slotted into place and bolted to all the nearby roof structure, the dividing wall was cut at both ends to separate it from the surrounding brickwork and carefully demolished to not damage either the ceiling or any nearby walls or fittings.
All that was left to do afterwards was to insert new Gyprock to mend the ceiling gap and integrate what was two previously separate walls on either side of another in together with plastering and cornice to complete the wall removal.
A small window separating the dining portion of the living area and the hallway near the previously mentioned bedroom was also removed and later the wall around it was mended to make it appear as if a window have never existed there.
Removing the wall completely changed the flow of the open plan living area and made the house feel much bigger, a result overall our Clients were pleased with.
A small window separating the dining portion of the living area and the hallway near the previously mentioned bedroom was also removed and later the wall around it was mended to make it appear as if a window have never existed there.
Removing the wall completely changed the flow of the open plan living area and made the house feel much bigger, a result overall our Clients were pleased with.
Before & After Photos
