If you don t have the original architectural drawings of your house to guide you i recommend going for the tap tap tap method.
Knocking down wall between kitchen and dining room before and after.
Before we start weaving new flooring into the old flooring there are a few areas that we want to change up.
The boxy design of this 1943 home needed a new plan that would remove the wall between the kitchen and dining room.
You need to know if the wall is load bearing or not.
Property expert sarah beeny offers her advice.
Oak flooring throughout the hallway and dining room newly plastered walls and skirting boards throughout most.
Here are a few things to consider before you pick up that sledgehammer.
The dining room before estate agent photo.
It was a traditional post war 3 bed semi.
Not to my taste but they were beautifully presented and you could see the owners had done a fair amount of work.
One of those areas is the half wall between the kitchen and family room.
That is to tap on the offending wall and listen out for a hollow sound.
Turning a kitchen and dining room into one open plan space.
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.
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.
Some rooms had been done.
Are you planning to knock down the wall between your kitchen and dining room to create one big kitchen diner.
Let s say you have decided to open up your kitchen by knocking through to the dining room.