GS Renovation removes load-bearing walls throughout Teddington, from the bay-fronted Victorian terraces off the High Street to the Edwardian homes near the river. With over 30 years of structural work across TW11 and the wider Richmond upon Thames borough, we open up these period houses safely, with an engineer-sized steel beam carrying the load above.
Opening up Teddington's terraced homes
Most Teddington houses were built as bay-fronted Victorian and Edwardian terraces, so the ground floor is broken into a front reception, a middle room and a narrow rear closet wing. The wall between the two front rooms, and the one dividing the kitchen from the dining space, is very often load-bearing, carrying floor joists and the masonry of the storeys above. We never assume; a structural engineer inspects and calculates before anything is touched.
The engineer sizes a steel beam to suit the span and the load it must pick up, and specifies padstones for each end to bear onto. On site we install temporary props to hold the structure, take the wall down in careful stages, lift the beam into position onto its padstones, then pack and pin it tight before the props come out. Only then is the floor above properly re-supported.
Party wall duties across TW11
Teddington terraces sit shoulder to shoulder, so the outer flank of your house is a party wall shared with the neighbour. When a new beam needs to bear into that shared wall to reach a padstone, the work becomes notifiable under the Party Wall Act and notice must be served on the adjoining owner before we begin. We prepare and issue those notices for you and coordinate around the neighbour's response.
Removing an internal load-bearing wall is a building control matter, not a planning one, so no planning permission is required for the structural work itself inside the house. Richmond Council's building control inspects the propping, the beam, its bearings and the finished job against the Building Regulations. We book the inspections, meet the inspector on site and hand you the completion certificate at the end.
- RSJ and steel beam installation
- Temporary propping and safe demolition
- Padstones and correct bearing at each end
- Knock-throughs between reception rooms
- Making good, plastering and finishing
Why Choose GS Renovation in Teddington
Teddington homeowners choose GS Renovation because one accountable team runs the whole job: the structural engineer's beam design, the party wall notices to your terrace neighbour, and Richmond Council building control sign-off. We prop safely, work tidily in an occupied home and keep dust down, and we back every job with 30+ years of structural experience across TW11.
- Free, no-obligation quotations
- Over 30 years of experience
- Dedicated project management
- Fully insured and guaranteed work
- Building control and planning support
- Clean, tidy and reliable tradespeople