Let s say you have decided to open up your kitchen by knocking through to the dining room.
Knocking down wall between kitchen and dining room before and after.
During construction the original 12 10 foot kitchen which housed only one small window was opened to an adjacent room creating a 26 12 foot space.
It was a traditional post war 3 bed semi.
You need to know if the wall is load bearing or not.
Some rooms had been done.
The boxy design of this 1943 home needed a new plan that would remove the wall between the kitchen and dining room.
Currently the family room formal living room and dining room all have carpet so we will tear that out and weave in new hardwood floors.
The new kitchen has been fitted where our dining room once was and our old kitchen is now one open space to fit a farmhouse table and chairs.
Are you planning to knock down the wall between your kitchen and dining room to create one big kitchen diner.
Before we start weaving new flooring into the old flooring there are a few areas that we want to change up.
The dining room before estate agent photo.
One of those areas is the half wall between the kitchen and family room.
You can see from the floor plans that we knocked down a dividing wall between the old kitchen and dining room to achieve a much better use of space.
Not to my taste but they were beautifully presented and you could see the owners had done a fair amount of work.
Turning a kitchen and dining room into one open plan space.
Oak flooring throughout the hallway and dining room newly plastered walls and skirting boards throughout most.
That is to tap on the offending wall and listen out for a hollow sound.
Property expert sarah beeny offers her advice.